Tackling climate change in the era of COVID-19

Click here to read the report or watch the video on the webinar. 

Guiding questions: 

  • What are the challenges and lessons learned from COVID-19 in the mitigation of environment emergencies?
  • Do we face the opportunity for a climate-friendly economic recovery? 
  • How can the EU-LAC partnership help to build a more sustainable and resilient future? 

The panel was comprised by: Tania Guillén, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), as a moderator; Lara Lázaro-Touza, Senior Analyst at Elcano Royal Institute; Ismo Ulvila, Expert at the Directorate-General for Climate Action of the European Commission; Graham Watkins, Acting Chief Climate Change Division at the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB); Horst Pilger, Head of Sector at the Directorate- General for International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission/ EUROCLIMA+; and Colin Young, Executive Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC).