25 June, 2020

Webinar series 1/3 'JUST ENERGY TRANSITION: PERSPECTIVES TOWARDS DOWNSIZING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE'

The CER project coordinates a series of three webinars that aim to:

• Generate a space for reflection and analysis on the challenges and opportunities for a just energy transition in Mexico that promotes social welfare in the territories and reduces GHG emissions.
• Presenter of the main results of the project to contribute towards a just energy transition in the country, which articulates proposals for government, communities and the private sector.

Session objective:

Discuss in conceptual and political terms the possible routes of an energy transition that incorporate the social dimension, in a broad sense. In the framework of this discussion, the analysis and postulates of the CER project will be presented.

Speakers:

• Jorge Villarreal Padilla, Director de Política Climática y de Transporte en Iniciativa Climática de México (ICM)
• Joscha Rosenbusch, Director del Programa “Apoyo a la implementación de la Transición Energética en México” (GIZ México)
• Carlos Tornel Curzio, Candidato doctoral en Geografía por la Universidad de Durham, Inglaterra
• Katya Puga Cornejo, Investigación, Desarrollo y Participación Consultoría

• Moderator: Benjamín Temkin Yedwab, Profesor e Investigador de la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO)