Organiser(s)

EUROCLIMA+, AECID – FIIAPP

Contact person(s) 

Sara Covaleda  (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

Person(s) in charge of dissemination

Daniel Fernandez  (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

Objective 

The side event will allow:

• Sharing how certain countries face the challenges involved in the prevention and management of extreme hydrometeorological phenomena.
• Presenting the initiatives supported by the EUROCLIMA+ programme and, in particular, to learn about the added value of the coordination work of the three Ibero-American networks (CIMHET, CODIA, RIOCC).
• Presenting the state of the art on the project "Generation of regionalised climate change scenarios for Central America" (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) supported by EUROCLIMA+ with the participation of the meteorological services of the 6 countries, mobilising experts from AEMET and WMO.

Presentation

The prevention and management of extreme hydrometeorological phenomena requires adequate climate data and information on current and future climate change scenarios. This is essential for hydrological planning and climate change adaptation measures. The Ibero-American networks CIMHET, CODIA and RIOCC, with support from the cooperation agencies AECID and FIIAPP, have organised intersectoral workshops that have made it possible to identify key actions to be developed at the regional level and to pave the way for building bridges between sectors.

In this context, EUROCLIMA+ has accompanied the implementation of the project "Generation of regionalised climate change scenarios in Central America", the results of which will be presented and the web viewer developed. This cooperation action is emblematic as it shows the value of cooperation between Latin America and Europe, favouring the bi-regional exchange of knowledge and tools.

Speakers / panellists (indicating name, position, institution)

RIOCC Representatives:

• Valvanera Ulargui, Director General, Spanish Office for Climate Change, Ministry for Ecological Transition (Spain)
• Ignacio Lorenzo, Director of Climate Change, Ministry of Housing, Territorial Planning and the Environment (Uruguay) 

CODIA Representatives:

• Andrea Meza, Climate Change Director, Ministry of Environment and Energy (Costa Rica)
• Manuel Menéndez, Director General of Water, Ministry of Ecological Transition (Spain)

CIMHET Representatives:

• Miguel Ángel López, President, State Meteorology Agency (Spain) 
• Luz Graciela de Calzadilla, Director, Directorate of Hydrometeorology, ETESA (Panama)
• Jorge Tamayo, Territorial Delegate, State Meteorology Agency (Spain) 

CRRH-SICA Representative:

• Berta Olmedo, Executive Secretary, Regional Committee for Hydraulic resources of the Central American Integration System (CRRH-SICA)

Spanish Cooperation Representatives:

• Carmen Castiella, Director of Cooperation with Latin America and the Carribbean, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation 
• Maite Martín-Crespo Muro, Head of the Environment and Climate Change Area, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation 
• Inmaculada Zamora, General Secretary, International and Ibero American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies 
• Sara Covaleda, Programme Officer EUROCLIMA+, International and Ibero American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies 
• Estibaliz Morras, Technical specialist, International and Ibero American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies 

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