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Investing in a Low-‐carbon Future UK Funds One-of-a-kind Research Center in Chile By Pablo Retamal Universidad Mayor opened a spanking new Low Carbon Economy Research Centre last November. The Centro de Estudios para economía Baja en Emisiones de Carbono or CEEBEC is up and running. It’s role? Provide focused policy research and services that will help advance the low carbon economy in Chile. Top notch academics, economists and sustainability experts staff CEEBEC.
“In 2012 the global economic recovery presents an ideal opportunity for countries to shift towards green and low carbon growth.”
“In 2012, as the world economy is unevenly coming out of the worst crisis most humans alive have ever known, the global economic recovery presents an ideal opportunity for countries to shiP towards green and low carbon growth. Countries that adapt quickly to a carbon-‐constrained world will be be?er able to deliver lasCng prosperity for their ciCzens.” Says Jose Leal, CEEBEC’s Director. Mr. Leal, a graduate from Sorbonne University in Paris, spent over 30 years advising governments and the UN on environmental economics. With the help of the BriCsh Embassy he
managed to set up CEEBEC under the Faculty of Forestry and Agriculture at Universidad Mayor. “We have a comparaCve advantage as a private University in Chile. We are not just more in-‐tune with the private sector, we are also part of it, ” adds Leal. Photo: Ricardo Salcedo
CEEBEC was designed in a joint effort between the Chilean Ministry of Environment and the BriCsh Foreign Commonwealth Office. It will provide private and public organizaCons with innovaCve carbon management services and creaCve sustainable
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