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Online Event: Just Transition: from Aspiration to Action

September 22, 2020 • 9:00 – 11:00 am EDT

This event is being held as part of Climate Week NYC.

To address climate change, countries will need to continue to transition away from emissions-intensive energy sources and build more resilient communities and economies. The importance of achieving a just transition in the face of this transformational change has grown as both the disruptive impacts of a changing climate and the scope and scale of the necessary transformation come more clearly into focus. Despite the growing recognition of its importance, few resources are available to countries, investors, civil society, and international development institutions seeking to achieve a just transition.

Just Transition: from Aspiration to Action will focus on tools and strategies that can be deployed in support of just transition planning and implementation. The first session will cover the challenges of gender inequality and informal labor in just transitions, including green jobs programs and issues related to energy access. The second session will explore place-based investment strategies and regional development plans, with a focus on operational issues and key metrics used to analyze investments and their social and economic impacts.

This event is part of a series of events by the Just Transition Initiative, a partnership project developed by the CSIS Energy Security & Climate Change Program and the Climate Investment Funds

Agenda

Welcome & Opening Remarks
Mafalda Duarte, Climate Investment Funds

Topic Introduction
Ben Cahill, CSIS 

Session 1:  Addressing Gender Inequality and Informal Labor in Just Transitions
Ana Sanchez, International Labor Organization
Joy Clancy, University of Twente 

Session 2: Place-based Development Plans.
Barbara Rambousek, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Hubert Strauss, European Investment Bank
Carolina Herrera, Natural Resources Defense Council

This project is made possible by support from Climate Investment Funds.

Event Partners

Sponsor
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Sarah Ladislaw

Sarah Ladislaw

Former Senior Associate (Non-resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Ben Cahill
Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program

Ana Sanchez

Regional Green Jobs Specialist for Latin America, International Labor Organization
Department of Governance and Technology, University of Twente; founding member of the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy
Director of Gender and Economic Inclusion, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Hubert Strauss

Lead Economist, European Investment Bank
Manager, Green Finance and Climate Change, Latin America Project, Natural Resources Defense Council