Equality & Sustainability
CLIMATE CHANGE. THE PARIS AGREEMENTS AND THE CHALLENGES FOR THE ARGENTINIAN DEVELOPMENT 17/12/2015
The Foro del Sur Foundation and the Social Ministry of Buenos Aires invited to a meeting to discuss on the implications of the Climate Change Agreement recently signed in Paris.
At the Paris Conference on Climate Change -COP21-, the 195 participating countries signed a historic agreement whose main objective is to keep the temperature rise below two degrees Celsius. To this end, the signatory countries committed to review their national objectives to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases every five years. Although it is considered a historical fact, specialists maintain that it is just a first step and that there are still many other aspects to take into account in order to stop climate change.
The Social Pastoral carries out its mission through, on the one hand, coordination and articulation with ecclesial institutions and movements (vicaries, parishes, Caritas among others) and, on the other, through linking and accompanying different sectors of society -such as political, economic and union sectors, social movements, areas of culture, intellectuals and academics.
LECTURERS
Rodrigo Rodríguez Tornquist is a political scientist and specialist in sustainability and climate change policies. He is an advisor to the Social Ministry of the city of Buenos Aires, he has headed the Department of Safety and Environment of the National Administration of Railway Infrastructures (ADIF) of Argentina (2008-2013). He is Director and co-founder of Sustentar Civil Association, an organization dedicated to promoting sustainable development and resilience to climate change. He is a member of the Steering Committee for Latin America of the Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) Platform, and co-coordinator of the Transportation Working Group. He is also a teacher and researcher at the National University of San Martin.
Enrique Maurtua Konstantinidis is currently the Coordinator of the National Climate Agendas Project. He is an expert in United Nations Climate Change negotiations, a process in which he has been actively involved since 2004. Between 2011 and 2014 he has been the Regional Coordinator of the Climate Action Network Latin America (CANLA). As a consultant, Enrique writes about climate change and international negotiations. From the Climate Change department of Fundación Biosfera he has worked on small-scale renewable energy projects and environmental education. He frequently gives training on the UNFCCC international negotiations and currently coordinates, Ad-Honorem, the Mitigation Group of the Climate Action Network International.
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