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Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom. – With the coordination of the "Alejandro E. Grullón E." Sustainability Chair, of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) and the Popular Foundation, and the Center for Technology and Permanent Education (TEP), the panel was held “Long-term low-emission development strategies as a country vision: regional experience exchanges”.
The purpose of the event was to address the issue of Long-Term Development Strategies with low greenhouse gas emissions (LTS) as a fundamental piece for the success of the Paris Agreement. This national planning and public policy instrument allows countries to align their development objectives with climate objectives, thus transforming their immediate actions and investments in the short, medium and long term considering climate change in the social, economic and environmental spheres. Additionally, it contributes to the alignment and linkage with other international commitments such as the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework on Risk Management.
Some of the challenges presented during the panel in the framework of the development of the LTS are: consolidating a single monitoring process for the period 2023-2030; consolidate the governance model; the economic and social situation post COVID, consolidate an agile, automated and standardized reporting mechanism; the active participation of the sectors involved, and the definition of metrics and indicators.
The panel included the presentation of the panelists: Kendal Blanco, technical coordinator of the Climate Change Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica; Delio Rincón, sector specialist in the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development, Dominican Republic, and Gustavo Candia Irigoitia, specialist in Sustainable Development and Climate Change, in Paraguay; and the moderation of Jeniffer Hanna, academic coordinator of the Public Policy and Climate Change Diploma.
The panel included the presentation of the panelists: Kendal Blanco, technical coordinator of the Climate Change Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica; Delio Rincón, sector specialist in the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development, Dominican Republic, and Gustavo Candia Irigoitia, specialist in Sustainable Development and Climate Change, in Paraguay; and the moderation of Jeniffer Hanna, academic coordinator of the Public Policy and Climate Change Diploma.