Colombia’s Nationally Determined Contribution is a 20% reduction in net emissions below business-as-usual levels by 2030.  Colombia has been developing climate policy for many years.  Some key aspects are summarized in this IETA report. Colombia’s emissions profile can be seen

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New Zealand’s Nationally Determined Contribution is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. This is the Cabinet paper which supported Ministers’ final decisions on New Zealand’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution. New Zealand’s Seventh National Communication under the United

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Republic of Korea plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 37% from business-as-usual levels (BAU, 850.6 MtCO2eq) by 2030 across all economic sectors. Economy-wide coverage includes energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, and waste sectors. In the assessment

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Suzi Kerr

Chief Economist, Environmental Defense Fund

Suzi Kerr is the Chief Economist at Environmental Defense Fund. She was, until May 2019, a Senior Fellow, and from 1998 – 2009 Founding Director, at Motu Research in New Zealand. She graduated from Harvard University in 1995 with a

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Our team participated in this Symposium organised by the Korean Forest Service and ran a workshop with Korean experts and government officials.

Several members of our team presented at the ‘Markets Day’ organised by IETA and the PMR of the World Bank. We also hosted a Climate Teams Breakfast. A mechanism for cooperation under Article 6.2  Date: 2018  Presenter: Suzi Kerr  Event:  Climate Teams breakfast

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Environmental Defense Fund Guided by science and economics, we tackle urgent threats with practical solutions. EDF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It is one of the world’s largest environmental organizations, with more than two million members and a staff of

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Motu is New Zealand’s leading economic research institute. It is in the top ten global economic think tanks and top ten climate think tanks. Motu has developed a sound reputation for its well-informed, well-reasoned and fastidiously researched studies on public policy issues.

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Ana María Ibáñez

Professor, Universidad de los Andes

Ana María Ibáñez is a professor in the School of Economics at Universidad de los Andes. She is the former dean of the School of Economics at Universidad de los Andes and the Director of El Centro de Estudios sobre

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Santiago Saavedra

Assistant Professor, Universidad del Rosario

Santiago Saavedra is an assistant professor of economics at Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia. His research interests are at the intersection of development and environmental economics. In particular, he studies how economic development affects natural resources, and how this

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Angela Inés Cadena Monroy

Associate Professor, Universidad de los Andes

Dr. Angela Ines Cadena Monroy is an associate professor in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department at the University of los Andes, Bogotá. She has a PhD in Management Sciences from the University of Geneva. She has more than 30

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Catherine Leining

Policy Fellow/Research Analyst, MOTU Economic and Public Policy Research

Catherine Leining has over 26 years of international policy experience with specialisation in climate change mitigation policy. As a Policy Fellow at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, she leads Motu’s research and engagement programme on “Shaping New Zealand’s Low-Emission

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Ruben Lubowski

Chief Natural Resource Economist, Environmental Defense Fund

Before joining the Environmental Defense Fund, Ruben spent five years at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service as a natural resource and agricultural economist and the agency’s specialist on land use. He also developed and managed environmental projects

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Robert Heilmayr

Assistant Professor, UC Santa Barbara

Robert Heilmayr is an Assistant Professor of environmental and ecological economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Environmental Studies Program, and the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. Heilmayr combines approaches from economics, geography, and ecology to explore

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A mechanism for cooperation under Article 6.2 Date: 2018 Presenter: Suzi Kerr Event:  Climate Teams breakfast event at the Global Climate Action Summit, San Francisco, California, 11 September 2018