First Public Discussion Forum of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas: Energy and Climate Change Education
First Public Discussion Forum of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas: Energy and Climate Change Education
Date: January 16, 2014, from 9:00 am to 12:45 pm
Place: OAS General Secretariat Building, on 1889 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
The Department of Sustainable Development of the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development is hosting this forum to support the dialogue on sustainable energy solutions and climate change mitigation under the auspices of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). The purpose is to engage the audience in a debate over best practices and lessons learnt in energy and climate change education, and to build collaboration on this topic among the nations of the Americas. The forum will contribute to strengthen understanding of the clean energy market and identify new avenues for cooperation in energy and climate change education.
For more information, please contact Alejandra Henao via e-mail at AHenaop@oas.org.
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For participant list, click here.
Mapping a strategy for sustainable actions: value of energy and climate change literacy as a driver for change in the Americas
Discussion will focus on methods to communicate knowledge regarding the impacts of energy and climate change in order to influence policy-making, capacity building, markets, entrepreneurship and livelihoods.
- Dr. Joe Casola, Staff Scientist / Program Director, Science and Impacts Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES). See presentation, here.
- Jorge R. Piñon, Director Latin America and Caribbean Program Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin.
- Dr. Pablo Benitez, Senior Economist Climate Change at the World Bank. See presentation, here.
Best practices in energy and climate change education and literacy through OAS and ECPA
Juan Cruz Monticelli, Senior Energy Specialist at the Department of Sustainable Development, Organization of American States. See presentation, here.
Open discussion on ways to advance energy and climate change awareness through ECPA
The audience was invited to engage in a debate on ways to generate greater literacy and education vis-à-vis energy and climate change through low carbon development initiatives.
Moderator: Katalina Mayorga, Senior ECPA Grants Consultant at the American Planning Association. See presentation, here.
