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On 23 August 2022 (09:00-10:00 CEST), the World Bioenergy Association will host a webinar exploring ways in which biomass can help Asia abate coal usage, mitigate GHG emissions, and create jobs and investments. 

The event will convene project developers and supply chain experts who will share their experience over the past decade in executing successful bioenergy projects in Asia, including Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Viet Nam and China.

On 4 August 2022 (15:00-16:00 CEST), Carbon Trust will host a webinar investigating the benefits of smart grids for decarbonization. 

Please note this event will take place only in Spanish.

Los sistemas eléctricos inteligentes permiten la transformación y la descarbonización costo efectiva del sistema eléctrico a lo largo de toda la cadena de valor.

Conoce cuándo y dónde usar las redes inteligentes para permitir que todo el sistema sea más flexible y rentable para todos los usuarios.

Al asistir a este evento podrás:

• Aprender los conceptos clave de la trasformación del sistema eléctrico
• Indagar sobre los pilares del desarrollo de la flexibilidad
• Entender los beneficios de un sistema eléctrico flexible
• Conocer casos reales sobre los beneficios de la flexibilidad en LATAM y a nivel global

¿Quién debe asistir?

Industrias, tomadores de decisiones, gobiernos, fondeadores y todos aquellos interesados en la transición energética en América Latina o interesados en conocer tendencias e innovaciones tecnológicas para impulsar la adopción de energías limpias.

On 3 August 2022 (16:30 CEST), the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is hosting the webinar The Circular Economy as the Key Element in the Race to Net Zero.

The webinar will focus on the importance of the circular economy in the transition to a net-zero emissions economy, and the role the public sector can play in this transition. It will also address how financial institutions can boost project financing in the circular economy within their portfolio decarbonization strategies.

The webinar will be held in Spanish, with simultaneous translation into English and Portuguese.

On 28 July 2022 (15:00-16:30 CEST), the World Resources Institute (WRI), C40 Cities and ICLEI, will host a webinar presenting a new globally standardized, flexible methodology to estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon removals (sequestration) by forests and trees for cities and communities worldwide, building on the updated Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC).

Speakers will outline the methods covered in the new guidance: “Supplemental Guidance for Forests and Trees”, and showcase how cities and communities report their results and how to include them in their emissions reduction targets.

They will also discuss how communities have already inventoried GHG emissions and removals by forests and trees for more holistic climate action planning by outlining how some communities have already used these methods. This will be followed by a panel discussion featuring diverse perspectives and experiences from cities that have user tested the guidance, city climate action planners, and institutional partners and a live audience Q&A session.

On 28 July 2022, from 10:00 to 11:30 (SAST/CAT/CEST), UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Action for Sustainable Development Goals will host the virtual launch of the Technical Handbook: Issuing Municipal Sustainable Bonds in South Africa.

The Handbook aims to help South African Municipalities to determine whether a Sustainable Bond is a suitable tool for financing their climate change and environmental projects. It provides decision-making guidance and outlines a step-by step process of preparing for, issuing and managing a Sustainable Bond. 

The discussion will cover:

• Climate Finance and linkages to Sustainable Bonds.

• A brief Presentation on the Content, Significance and use of the Sustainable Handbook.

• A presentation on the Promoting Sustainable financing for Municipalities.

• National Treasury: Creating an enabling policy environment for sustainable bonds uptake.

• Next steps.

On 28 July 2022 (17:30-19:00 CEST), the Forum on Trade, Environment and the SDGs (TESS), CUTS International Geneva, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), and the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations Office, among others, will host Greening Aid for Trade: Priorities and Pathways for a Just Transition to Sustainable Trade during the 2022 Aid for Trade Global Review in Geneva.

As governments and stakeholders work to promote the massive economic transformation that sustainability requires, trade and trade policy have a critical role to play. Amidst growing pressure for increased action by governments to respond to urgent global crises in biodiversity, climate and pollution, there are also calls to “green” the global economy and trade.

To support developing countries in a just transition to more sustainable trade, Aid for Trade has a key role to play in ensuring that trade serves all three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental.

The webinar will tackle these issues and more. 

On 28 July 2022 (09:00-10:30 EDT/15:00-16:30 CEST), Climatelinks is hosting Climate Smart Agriculture and USAID's 2022-2030 Climate Strategy, as part of the release of USAID's 2022-2030 Climate Strategy.

USAID aims to enable the improved climate resilience of 500 million people by 2030. With more than 193 million people already experiencing acute food insecurity, there is great urgency to help the broader community understand how Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) relates to and supports food security.

This webinar will consider ways in which approaches to food security can be "climate proofed" and can contribute to USAID’s new Climate Strategy, highlighting important co-benefits that can advance other parts of the Climate Strategy in order to build resilient, prosperous, and equitable world with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions while addressing growing food insecurity around the world. It will offer insights into topics that relate to food security, including:

• Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) productivity
• Innovative solutions USAID is using to reduce food loss and waste
• Incorporating climate smart principles into humanitarian response
• Gender-responsive approaches in CSA