Registration Opens for Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week 2021

3 May 2021 — Registration is open for the next sessions of Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week 2021, which will take place from 11 to 14 May 2021 in virtual form hosted by the Government of the Dominican Republic.

 

Regional leaders from public and private sectors have confirmed their participation, including the Vice President of the Dominican Republic, Raquel Peña de Antuña; the Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic, Orlando Jorge Mera; Minister of the Environment of Chile, Carolina Schmidt; Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Alicia Barcena Ibarra; UNDP's Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Luis Felipe López-Calva and UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa.

 

Three Virtual Thematic Sessions will bring together governments, private sector leaders and civil society to engage in solution-oriented dialogues and showcase climate action, providing valuable regional impetus to the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference COP26 scheduled for November.

 

Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change, said: “With six months to go until the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, collaboration at the regional level can accelerate action and contribute to success at COP26. Beyond the climate talks, this collaboration strengthens the call to integrate climate action into recovery from the global pandemic. The discussions at LACCW 2021 and all our Regional Climate Weeks showcase the solutions that address emerging climate risks and promote a dialogue on policy to seize opportunity as the world rebuilds”.