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Local Time

Timezone: Europe/Madrid

Date: Nov 15 2025

Time: 20:00 - 21:00

Latin America and the Caribbean are currently facing a triple development trap: low capacity for growth; high inequality and low levels of social mobility and social cohesion; and weak institutional capacities and ineffective governance. These structural challenges are compounded by low investment levels and sluggish productivity growth, which undermine the region’s long-term development potential. In this scenario, climate action represents a unique opportunity. They not only address the urgent climate crisis but also offer a pathway to tackle the region’s entrenched development challenges by stimulating growth, promoting equity, and strengthening institutions.

Objectives

Provide an overview of climate challenges in the region amid existing “development traps”.

Present policy tools to promote climate finance.

Explore forms of economic cooperation for the mobilization of climate finance in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Present Latin American experiences on how to channel financial flows to transformative sectors.

Moderator

José Eduardo Alatorre. Economic Affairs Officer / Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean / CEPAL-ECLAC

Speakers

Carlos de Miguel Alonso. Chief of the Sustainable Development Policies Unit / Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean / CEPAL-ECLAC

Andrea Hurtado. Director General Climate Action Policies / Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources / Mexico

Ana Emilia Pimentel. Viceminister for Climate Change and Sustainability / Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources / Dominican Republic

Emerson Clarke. Chief Policy Officer / Global Wind Energy Council