Hotel Hyatt Regency Mérida Avenida Colón esq. Calle 60, Centro C.P. 97000 Mérida, Yucatán,
México
8 y 9 de septiembre de 2016
Público
Los días 8 y 9 de septiembre de 2016, el titular de la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat) de México, Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, será el anfitrión de sus homólogas, la ministra de Medio Ambiente y Cambio Climático de Canadá (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Catherine McKenna, y la administradora de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (Environmental Protection Agency, EPA) de Estados Unidos, Gina McCarthy, a fin de celebrar en Mérida, Yucatán, México, la vigesimotercera sesión ordinaria del Consejo de la Comisión para la Cooperación Ambiental (CCA).
El 8 de septiembre, precediendo a la sesión de Consejo, el CCPC celebrará un foro público sobre biodiversidad y cambio climático, con expertos invitados de los tres países. Integrado por quince ciudadanos (cinco de cada país), el CCPC hace recomendaciones al Consejo y asegura la participación ciudadana, la apertura y la transparencia en las acciones de la CCA.
This JPAC public forum will look at the impacts of climate change on biodiversity from an environmental and economic perspective. Participants convening in-person and via webcast will also consider the vital contribution biodiversity makes to climate change mitigation and adaptation. They will also have the opportunity to discuss ecosystem-based adaptation solutions.
Registration of Participants
Opening and Introductory Remarks
Lindsay Brumwell
JPAC Chair
CEC Presentation
César Rafael Chávez
CEC Executive Director
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Keynote Presentation: Ecosystems and Climate Change: A two-way relationship
Santiago Lorenzo
Global Expert – Climate Finance, WWF International
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Break
Roundtable Discussion I: Mainstreaming the impacts of climate change on biodiversity
This session will address the questions: What are the impacts of climate change on biodiversity in North America from an environmental and economic perspective? How can mainstreaming climate change reduce these impacts?
Felicia Marcus
Moderator
JPAC member
Martín Cadena Salgado
Coordinator: Project Resilience
Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (Conanp) – UNDP
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Chris Field
Director
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
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Katharine Mach
Senior Research Associate
Carnegie Science Department of Global Ecology, Stanford University
Aerin Jacob
Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environmental Studies
University of Victoria
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Moderated Question and Answer Period with experts, JPAC members and audience
Break
Roundtable Discussion II: Mainstreaming the contribution of biodiversity towards climate change mitigation and adaptation
This session will address the questions: What is the contribution of biodiversity to climate change mitigation and adaptation? How can mainstreaming biodiversity benefit climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives?
Adriana Nelly Correa
Moderator
JPAC member
Sylvie de Blois
Associate Professor, Department of Plant Science
McGill University
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Nélida Barajas Acosta
Coordinator of International Affairs COP13
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (Conabio)
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Louis Blumberg
Director, California Climate Change Program
The Nature Conservancy
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Moderated Question and Answer Period with experts, JPAC members and audience
Lunch [provided]
Workshop on Emerging Scientific Research Relating to Ecosystem-based Adaptation
This workshop will examine emerging research on ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), i.e., conservation and restoration of natural ecosystems as strategy for adapting to negative effects of climate change at multiple geographic levels. Audience response, comments, and questions will be invited.
Eric Dannenmaier
Moderator
JPAC member
Rachel Gittman
Living shorelines: Are we designing functional, sustainable, and resilient coasts?
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Aimee McGowan
Blue Carbon
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Break
Update on Submissions on Enforcement Matters
Paolo Solano
Legal Officer
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Report from the National and Governmental Advisory Committee Representatives
Closing Remarks and Session Adjournment
Lindsay Brumwell
JPAC Chair
Break
Travel to Welcoming Reception
Official Opening of the 23rd Regular Session of the Council and Welcoming Reception
This year’s Council session will focus on the role of youth within the work of the CEC, in particular, on ecosystems and climate change, and supporting sustainable communities.
The 9 September Council meeting will include a public town hall session on these topics, featuring the three environment ministers, CEC Executive Director César Rafael Chávez, and CEC Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) Chair Lindsay Brumwell. During the Town Hall, the Council will answer questions from the public in-person and online through social media.
Registration of Participants
Welcome/Opening Remarks
Presentation on the Biodiversity Strategy for the State of Yucatán
Eduardo Batllori Sampedro
Secretary of Urban Development and Environment of the State of Yucatán
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Networking Session for the Public: Youth and the environment in North America
Participants are invited to meet and exchange views on the topic of “Youth and the environment in North America,” and identify three key questions concerning our region to be raised with the Ministers. They will appoint three representatives, one per country, who will make a brief intervention during the Council Town Hall that will take place in the afternoon.
CEC Exhibition
Lunch [provided]
Council Public Meeting
Break
Council Town Hall
Council Session Closing