Video: Lima 2014 – Panel on Climate Change and the Role of the Private Sector
Video: Lima 2014 – Panel on Climate Change and the Role of the Private Sector
Panelists discussed Peru's ability to fight climate change while also growing the economy.
Though Peru contributes only 0.16 percent of global carbon emissions, the public and private sectors must collaborative to mitigate and adadpt to the effects of climate change, panelists said. Some of the greatest challenges lie in incentivizing innovation and investment in clean enery and combatting illegal industrial activities.
Speakers:
- Diego de la Torre de la Piedra, President, United Nations Global Compact in Peru (moderator)
- José Antonio Ríos, Chairman and CEO, CELISTICS
- Germán Jimenez Vega, Country Manager, Peru, Pluspetrol
- Eva Arias, President, Sociedad Nacional de Minería, Petróleo y Energía (SNMPE)
- Edwin Quintanilla Acosta, Vice Minister, Ministry of Energy and Mines of Peru
- Mary Gómez Torres, Senior Executive, Climate Change & Environment, CAF
