Utility or Futility? REDD+, Carbon Credits, and Indigenous-led Forest Protection
Link: https://americanbar.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpduuuqzspEtYhXEbSfKtwqi-zEzpt6BqP
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 12:00 PM in Central Time (US & Canada)
Description:
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) and other programs aim to protect forest areas and prevent deforestation while benefitting Indigenous and local communities. But just how effective are these programs, particularly when it comes to respecting the principles of Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)? Join this roundtable discussion to pinpoint the policy aspirations surrounding the protection of forest areas and to ascertain from multiple points of view whether these “carbon credit” programs are effective, particularly for Indigenous communities whose traditional lands overlap the areas targeted for projects. The discussion aims to result in a Report and Recommendation in support of an ABA Resolution to be submitted for approval by the ABA’s House of Delegates at the ABA’s annual or mid-year meeting.
Relevant questions for debate and discussion will include: Are these programs effective in the first place? Do they achieve what they intend to do, including benefitting Indigenous and local communities? Are they consistent with the goals outlined in COP meetings? Do they engage all relevant Indigenous governments and stakeholders?
This first Roundtable will be moderated by Tom O’Keefe, Co-Chair of the ABA International Law Section's International Energy and Environmental Law Committee, and facilitated by Altamush Saeed and Bryan Van Stippen.
Link for Registration: https://americanbar.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpduuuqzspEtYhXEbSfKtwqi-zEzpt6BqP
WEBINAR: Las Posibilidades de Cooperación entre Latinoamérica y los EE.UU. para Afrontar el Cambio Climático
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTxflzuh0nw
Asociación Iberoamericana de Derecho, Cultura y Ambiente
Dr. Thomas O'Keefe (USA)
Profesor de Stanford University
Presidente de Mercosur Consulting Group, Ltd.
Entrevistado por Dra. Claudia F. Valls
23 de Junio de 2021 * Miércoles * 17 Horas (Arg.) * 13 Horas (Cal. USA)
WEBINAR: Reaping What You Sow: The Central American Refugee Caravans at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYJy55anoq0
Caravans at the Border
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2021
Time: 6:00 p.m Pacific Coast Time
The program is co-sponsored by Trinity Episcopal Church’s Latino Outreach Visioning, and Deschutes Public Library in Bend, Oregon
Program description: How the long and troubled history of U.S. 1) military and covert interventions in Central America, 2) failed U.S. economic assistance, and 3) climate change policies are responsible for the waves of desperate people currently fleeing El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. We will explore why the United States has a legal and moral responsibility to admit them as refugees.
Presentation followed by Q&A
Presenter: Thomas Andrew O'Keefe
WEBINAR: Prior Consultation with Indigenous Communities Impacted by Natural Resource and Energy Investment Projects
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AOFpQhuVS7HnpTqM1yspmaXVsgiaxfrJ/view
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
12:00pm ET – 1:30pm ET
Speakers
Estuardo Asturias, In-House Counsel, Mayaniquel S.A., Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Haydee Dijkstal, Barrister, 33 Bedford Row Chambers, London, U.K.
Gabriela Roca, Qil+4 Abogados, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Sharon G.K. Singh, Bennett Jones, Vancouver, Canada
Chair & Moderator
Thomas Andrew O’Keefe, President, Mercosur Consulting Group, Ltd., New York, NY
Sponsored by the ABA International Law Section, International Energy & Natural Resources Committee
Co-Sponsored by the ABA International Law Section, International Human Rights Committee, Latin America & Caribbean Committee, International Environmental Law Committee, and International Investment & Development Committee
WEBINAR: Los Procesos de Integración en Latinoamérica y Europa ante la Pandemia COVID-19
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrEqbeAxSPI
Miércoles, 16 de Septiembre de 2020
17:00 Hora de la República Dominicana y New York, N.Y.
La Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM)
Escuela de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, Centro de Estudios Europeos
República Dominicana
Conferencista: Prof. Thomas O'Keefe
Universidad de Stanford y Mercosur Consulting Group, Ltd.
Moderadora: Alina Bello
Directora de la Escuela de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales-PUCMM
Presentadora: Carolina Armenteros
Directora del Centro de Estudios Europeos-PUCMM