2019
August 8 | Paramaribo, Suriname
4th Gathering of the Parliamentary Network on Climate Change: Advancing Climate Action through Legislation and Parliamentary Oversight
PRESENTATIONS Keynote address
- Keynote address presentation. Ana F. González Guerrero, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Youth Climate Lab
Special Presentations
- National Decarbonization Plan. Paola Vega, President of the Special Permanent Commission for the Environment of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Costa Rica
- Overcoming the Challenge of Consensus: The Creation of the Green Caucus in Peru. Ana María Choquehuanca, Member of Congress (Peru), coordinator of the multi-party green caucus
- Climate – Activities of DNA – Suriname. Dr. R. Nurmohamed, Member of the National Assembly (Suriname)
- Activities of the Surinamese parliament on climate change and disasters. Grace Watamaleo, Member of the National Assembly (Suriname)
Session 1: Outcomes of COP 24 (Poland) and Preparations for COP25 (Chile)
- Outcomes of COP24. Carlos Fuller, International and Regional Liaison Officer of the CCCCC and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island Nations
- COP25 Chile 2019. Iván Flores, President of the Chamber of Deputies (Chile)
Session 2: Taking Climate Action and Building Resilience through the Power of Legislation
- Climate-smart extractive industries. Hon. David M. Wells, Senator (Canada)
- Disaster Risk Reduction. Ana Belén Marín, Member of the National Assembly (Ecuador)
- Ocean and Coastal protection. Dr. Sewnath Naipal (Suriname)
Session 3: Overcoming the Obstacles and Seizing Opportunities for Implementing Carbon Market and Non-Market Mechanisms
- Market and Non-market mechanisms. Carlos Ruiz-Garvia, Regional Coordinator – Regional Collaboration Center, Latin America and Caribbean, UNFCCC
- Fiscal incentives. Hon. Arthur E. Holder, Speaker of the House of Assembly (Barbados)
- Bolivia facing Climate Change. Nelly Lenz Roso, Member of the Chamber of Deputies (Bolivia) (in Spanish)
Session 4: Raising Ambition and Accessing Climate Financing
- Raising Ambition for Climate Action. Hon. Robby Ramlakhan, Ambassador and Advisor to the Cabinet of the President – Coordination Environment (Suriname)
- Perspectives on Climate Financing. Dr. César Falconi, Inter-American Development Bank representative in Suriname
- UNFCCC & PA Finance Opportunities for LAC Countries. Dr. Victor Viñas, Board member representing Latin America and the Caribbean in the Adaptation Fund and Green Climate Fund
RESOURCES
- The Katowice climate package: Making The Paris Agreement Work For All. UNFCCC, 2019
- Climate Agenda: Key Topics of Discussion from COP24 to COP25. ParlAmericas, 2019
- COP 25 Chile (web page). Presidency COP25, 2019
- GEO-6: Global Environment Outlook: Regional assessment for Latin America and the Caribbean. UNEP, 2019
- Climate change and health. WHO, 2018
- Parliamentary Protocol for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation. ParlAmericas, 2019
- What are Market and Non-Market Mechanisms? UNFCCC. n.d.
- Primer on Climate Financing: Mechanisms and Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean. ParlAmericas, 2019
During the gathering, elections will be held for certain positions on the Network’s Executive Committee and for the host parliament of the next gathering. The results were the following:
President
Vice President – Central America
- President
- Vice President – North America
- Senator Rosa Galvez (Canada)
- Vice President – Central America
- Vice President – Caribbean
- Speaker of the House of Assembly Andy Daniel (Saint Lucia)
- Vice President – South America
- Alternate Vice President – South America
- Speaker of the National Assembly Jennifer Simons (Suriname)
