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On 13 September 2022 (17:30-19:00 CET), the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) will host the webinar Climate Policy in times of war: Make the Green Deal strong again!

The targets of the European Green Deal require a substantial reduction of oil and gas imports even before 2030. However, institutions and policy instruments that would enable the EU to implement their targets are still weak. The planned ETS for road transport and buildings will be likely implemented with a price cap; so far, the EU has not been able to coordinate the purchases of member states in the international oil and gas market; the diversification of gas and oil imports remains a high priority.

The panel will discuss strategic options for the EU’s climate policy and energy security.

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 3-7 October 2022, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability is hosting Daring Cities 2022: Climate Emergency Finance.

This webinar is a virtual, global forum on climate change for urban leaders taking on the climate emergency. It is designed to empower urban decision-makers – such as mayors, city councilors, administrators and urban thought leaders, as well as national government representatives, researchers, technical staff, business leaders and community organizers – to lead in the climate emergency.

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

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 26 July 2022 (14:00-15:00 CEST), the World Bank's Global Program on Sustainability will host Natural Capital Accounts in Zambia: A Discussion on the Methodology, Process and Lessons Learned.

The webinar will focus primarily on the country's water account, highlighting the development process, challenges faced and necessary capacity building. 

The World Bank's Global Program on Sustainability is working with countries, such as Zambia, to integrate sustainability considerations into policies and decision-making by providing high-quality data and analysis that accounts for environmental risk and opportunity, and calculates the stocks and flows of natural resources and ecosystem services. Under the Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystems (WAVES) program, Zambia has already completed three natural capital accounts for forest, water and land. 

Speakers

• Trevor Kaunda, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance and National Planning
• Joe Kalusa, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Water Development and Sanitation
• Mkhozo Chongo, Water Account Focal Point

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 21 July 2022 (16:00 CET/10:00 GMT-5), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is hosting the webinar Carbon-free Electricity Procurement: Will Technology Help Make the Electricity Sector More Transparent and Accountable? 

The energy sector is the largest contributor to global carbon emissions, so searching for ways to reduce this impact is very important. To do so, it is relevant to quantify the specific contribution of any initiative at the project, corporate or governmental level to the reduction of emissions. In the case of electricity generation, many different approaches to this have been used over the past years, but the emergence of new technologies has given rise to new methodologies for quantifying emissions reductions.

This webinar aims to give some clarity on recent developments in the field. It will also discuss the challenges of implementing these new methodologies at the institutional, regulatory and data availability levels.

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.