08:00

Registration

09:00 – 11:00

Pre-session workshops

Room 1:   Understanding Carbon Market segments

The session will provide an overview of main carbon trading regimes and initiatives, focusing on both independent and inter-linked drivers of demand and supply.

Moderator: Martha P. Castillo, PLAC, Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)

·    Mark Meyrick, EDF Trading

·    Camilla Taylor, Trading Emissions

·    Greg Dunne, ICECAP

Room 2:   Pitfalls in CDM Project Design

Project Developers and DOEs will speak from their experience on common mis-takes and good practice throughout the process of CDM project design, validation and registration.

Moderator: Fabian Gaioli, MGM International

·    Roy Williams, SGS

·    Miguel Rescalvo, Det Norske Veritas (DNV)

·    Christian Maspero, AENOR

Room 3:   ERPAs as a tool for Project Finance

Legal and financial experts will outline principles related to contracting a CDM project and how it can facilitate safe-guards and financial stability.

Moderator: Sami Kamel, UNEP Risø Centre

·    Pedro Huarte-Mendicoa, Carbon Finance Unit, World Bank

·    Rutger de Witt Wijnen, De Brauw Blackstone

·    Sergio Vives, CantorCO2e

·    Jaime Lira, EcoSecurities

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 – 12:00

Opening session

Welcome by Host Country and LAC Forum Partners

12:00 – 13:00

Plenary:   Global Warming - regional insights on the challenge ahead

Renowned experts will review the evolving understanding on the impacts of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean and will share their views on strategic response measures to address the resulting regional development challenge.

·    Moderator: Daniel Bouille, Fundación Bariloche

·    Eduardo Calvo,                Vice-Chair, Working Group III, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

·    Luiz Gylvan Meira Filho, Institute for Advanced Studies (IEA), University of São Paulo

·    Jose A. Garibaldi, Energeia, Mexico

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 – 15:00

Plenary:    State & Trends of the Global Carbon Market

Market intelligence experts will look at the current state of the global carbon market. Facts regarding recent developments will be highlighted and trends shaping the future of carbon markets will be discussed.

Moderator: Andrei Marcu, IETA

Presentation by: Pedro Huarte Mendicoa, Carbon Finance Unit,  World BanK

·    Eduardo Reyes, National Environment Authority (ANAM), Panama

·    David Corregidor, Endesa

·    Marco Monroy, MGM International

15:00 – 16:00

Plenary:    CDM in Latin America & the Caribbean – so far, so good?

This plenary session will depict remarkable features of CDM project implementation and CER trading in Latin America and the Caribbean, inciting at the same time a discussion on how the region may maintain a pioneer role as the carbon market moves to new dimensions.

Moderator: Alvaro Rios-Roca, OLADE

Presentations by:    Kai-Uwe Schmidt, Secretariat, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Joergen Fenhann, UNEP Risø Centre

·    Hernán Carlino, Member, CDM Executive Board

·    Mary Gómez, Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)

·    Ricardo Esparta, Ecoinvest

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee break

16:30 – 18:30

Promotion Desks (1): National CDM Offices & Investment Promotion Agencies

Meet up with representatives from CDM host countries entities. Attendees will find up-to-date handy information on new CDM opportunities and carbon trading environment in several Latin American countries.

Sectors & Technologies

Policies & Strategies

09:00 – 10:15

Can Afforestation & Reforestation still deliver its potential?

A & R CDM projects have had a late start but now, with several methodologies approved and the first project registered, can forestry activities still play a role in the commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol? Should project efforts focus in stimulating and framing new market instruments?

Moderator:    Walter Oyhantcabal, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries (MGAP), Uruguay

·    Martin Schröder, TÜV SÜD

·    Zenia Salinas, FORMA project, CATIE

·    Luis Fernando Jara, PROFAFOR

·    Benoit Bosquet, BioCF, World Bank

CERs – why quality matters

As the public CDM pipeline has grown worldwide to more than 2000 projects, market participants and observers are closely monitoring if the CDM is actually accomplishing its mandate to both deliver emissions reductions and promote sustainable development. This session will take a critical look on best practices in project implementation and lessons learned for the future of the CDM instrument.

Moderator:    Michael Schlup, Gold Standard Foundation

·    Eduardo Sanhueza, Cambio Climático & Desarrollo (CC&D)

·    Elisabeth Lokshall, PointCarbon

·    Diego Masera, MDG Carbon Facility, UNDP

·    Amit Oza, Tradition Financial Services (TFS)

10:15 – 10:30

Break

10:30 – 11:45

Biofuels and its potential in project-based mechanisms

Drivers other than carbon income have put biofuels in the spotlight of energy sources discussions. Speakers will review options to account for GHG reductions in the development of biofuels programs and in particular how biofuels may lead the way for inclusion of the transport sector in the CDM.

Moderator:    Byron Chiliquinga, OLADE

·    Oscar Coto, Global Change Group, CATIE

·    Luiz A. Horta Nogueira, Universidade Federal de Itajubá, Brazil

·    José Francisco Charry, Environment, Business & Technologies (EB&T)

Regional platforms to support CER generation and trading

Discussants will delineate innovative instruments that have been designed to boost the regional carbon supply and support increased access of regional players in the Global GHG market.

Moderator:    Carlos Echevarria B., Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

·    Marcelo Iezzi, Pricewaterhouse Coopers

·    Enrique Nieto, Bancomext⁽*⁾

·    Orlando Jiménez, Economic Development Agency (CORFO), Chile

11:45 – 12:00

Break

12:00 – 13:00

Enhancing the potential of Renewables and Energy Efficiency

The CDM has successfully contributed to catalyze multiple renewable energy projects in the region. Still, the challenge around mainstreaming carbon finance to spur low carbon investments persists. Speakers will provide their perspectives regarding enhanced use of the CDM or other carbon finance vehicles to accelerate implementation of clean energy solutions.

Moderator:    Julia Justo, FONAM

·    Pamela Mellado Morales, National Energy Efficiency Program, Chile

·    Javier Coello, Practical Action – Peru

·    Uwe Mades, Climate Protection Projects, RWE

Credibility, efficiency & integrity of the CDM – lessons from monitoring & verification

The GHG market depends on the credibility of real emission reductions. Adequate monitoring by the project developer and comprehensive verification by the DOEs are key in this process. This session looks at how the integrity of M&V is maintained to date.

Moderator:    Luiz Bueno da Silva, Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA)

·    Grant Kirkman, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

·    Flavio Gomez, Bureau Veritas Certification

·    Leo Perkowski, AgCert

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:00

Plenary:  Advantage and Potential of Sectoral Approaches and Programmatic CDM

In order to achieve a significant contribution to low carbon development paths, the CDM is required to reach beyond a project-by-project approach for generating emission reductions. Both sector-scoped strategies and program-based activities are considered alternative ways to use the CDM. This plenary session will examine progress made in terms of methodological certainty and pilot activities preparation.

Moderator: Joseluis Samaniego, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

·    Christiana Figueres, Member, CDM Executive Board

·    Murray Ward, GtripleC

·    Francisco Avendano, 3C Group

15:00 – 16:00