International Seminar: Opportunities for the Private Sector at COP20
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The purpose of this seminar was to encourage Peruvian entrepreneurs to use new sustainable models for their businesses, as well as to promote knowledge about new business opportunities and the generation of efficiency/savings within the framework of eco-efficiency and climate change actions. It also sought to promote the exchange of elements that the private sector could contribute on the road to COP 20 and the global agreement in Paris.
The two-day event was attended by around 300 participants, mainly businessmen, and 45 renowned national and international exhibitors and panelists.
The event was inaugurated by the Minister of the Environment and President of COP20, Manuel Pulgar-Vidal; Irene Horejs, Ambassador of the European Union in Peru; and the Vice President of the Lima Chamber of Commerce, Raúl Barrios.
Day 1: Monday, September 15:
SESSION 1 - Implications of Climate Change and the World Summit: Global Trends and New Business Opportunities
- Implications of climate change impacts and the adoption or not of a binding agreement in Paris for the private sector.
Frits de Groot, Project Manager Environment and Energy - VNO/NCW. Download presentation
- Opportunities for the private sector in the international context of climate change.
Javier Perla, Sustainable Business Manager - Libélula, Climate Change Management and Communication. Download presentation
SESSION 2 - Carbon Footprint and eco-efficiency as a tool to increase profitability and maintain market share: When environmental is part of business
- Opportunities for the private sector in the framework of eco-efficiency. Successful cases around the world.
Alessandro Casoli, Strategic Policy and Markets Associate - The Carbon Trust. Download presentation
SESSION 3 - Sustainability and Energy System Security: Investment Opportunities in Renewable Energy
- Rethinking the energy system: The potential of distributed energy - the case of Germany.
Alexander Ochs, Climate and Energy Program Director - Worldwatch Institute. Download presentation
SESSION 4 - Opportunities for sustainable investments in forests
- Forests as a sustainable investment opportunity.
Héctor Cisneros, Director of ONF Andina in Peru - ONF International. Download presentation
- Adriana Giudice, General Manager - Austral: Main reflections of the day. Download document
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Day 2: Tuesday, September 16
The second day of the Seminar began with the global launch of The New Climate Economy report "The world can achieve economic growth and reduce climate risk together". Launch via video with remarks by Felipe Calderón, Chairman of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate and Jeremy Oppenheim, Program Director - New Climate Economy. Download report summary:
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SESSION 5 - Investment in sustainable business in Peru: Opportunities and international and national mechanisms for financing it
- An introduction to climate finance
Steven Gray, Director of International Business for Latin America - The Carbon Trust. Download presentation
- Investment opportunities in Peru and financing needs: Investment portfolio in the energy, transportation and industrial sectors.
Lupe Guinand, PlanCC Project Director - Dragonfly Project Manager Download presentation
SESSION 6 - Smart Cities: How to stay competitive and socially balanced.
- Sustainable urban development, urgent agenda - The Symbiocity case.
Jorge Fernández Gates, Commercial Attaché of Sweden. Download presentation
- Mobilizing public and private actors through drivers. The case of Amsterdam
Maarten van Poelgeest, Former Alderman of Amsterdam and Climate Ambassador of the Netherlands. Download presentation
SESSION 7 - The Road to Paris: The Private Sector and the Global Agreement
- Implications of a global agreement for the private sector.
Diego de la Torre, President of the United Nations Global Compact in Peru.
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