FGG Continuing Education Seminar: Adaptation and Green Recovery in Guatemala: Lessons learned - Adaptación y recuperación verde en Guatemala: lecciones aprendidas
Time
8AM Guatemala Time/ 10 AM EDT / 3 PM CEST / 7h30 PM India Standard Time
About
This seminar will focus on efforts to reduce disaster risk through capacity building in Guatemala, a Central American country facing multiple hazards including earthquakes, volcano eruptions and hurricanes. We will hear from experts Ana Victoria Rodriguez and Sebastian Charchalac on their experiences and lessons learned from capacity building activities in adaptation and green recovery in the country, and more specifically in the Highlands region. They will provide an overview of the origins of two tools developed by WWF: the Flood Green Guide (FGG) and the Green Recovery and Reconstruction Toolkit (GRRT), which can be used as a resource for environmentally responsible disaster risk reduction, recovery and reconstruction. The seminar will include concrete examples of application of the GRRT, including the case of potato producers in the highlands of Guatemala. There will also be time for an interactive discussion with the audience.
Speakers
Ana Victoria Rodriguez has over 25 years of experience in climate change, environmental management, and environmentally responsible disaster recovery and reconstruction. From 2013-2022 she was the Climate Change Officer for WWF Mesoamerica. Before joining WWF, she was National Advisor for Municipal Public Services with the German International Cooperation (GIZ) in Guatemala. She previously served as Executive Director of the Association for Environmental Recovery, Management and Sanitation (ARMSA). She is currently an independent consultant and also teaches courses at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala (USAC). Ana Victoria holds a civil engineering degree, a master's in National Institute of Public Administration, and post-graduate diplomas on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol and on Environment, Natural Resources and Development.
Sebastian Charchalac is an Agricultural Engineer with more than 25 years of experience working with rural communities in Latin America. He has experience working in the Guatemalan Ministry of Agriculture, in the private sector, and with international organizations (e.g. OXFAM Group, IUCN) and regional organizations such as IICA, ASOCODE, CICAFOC, CEDECO, and the Inter-American Cooperative Institute. He was the Regional Manager of The Nature Conservancy (TNC)’s project Climate Nature and Communities in Guatemala (CNGC) in the Guatemalan Highlands until 2017. His expertise includes adaptation to climate change, water resource management, watershed management, payment for environmental services, among others.