Emilio Sempris Explained

Emilio Sempris
Office:Minister of Environment of Panama
President:Juan Carlos Varela
Vicepresident:Isabel Saint Malo
Term Start:March 18, 2017
Term End:July 1, 2019
Predecessor:Mirei Endara
Successor:Milciades Concepción
Office1:Viceminister of Environment of Panama
President1:Juan Carlos Varela
Vicepresident1:Isabel Saint Malo
Term Start1:July 2, 2014
Term End1:March 17, 2017
Predecessor1:Office created
Successor1:Yamil Sanchez
Office2:Director General of the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean
Term Start2:November 2, 2002
Term End2:July 20, 2012
Predecessor2:María Donono
Successor2:Freddy Picado
Education:Harvard University
Children:2
Spouse:Rita Spadafora
Birth Place:Panama City, Panama
Birth Name:Emilio Luis Sempris Ceballos

Emilio Luis Sempris Ceballos (born Panama City) is a Panamanian politician and sustainability advocate. He served as Panama's minister of environment from 2017 to 2019.[1] [2] [3] He also served as director general of the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) between 2002 and 2012.[4] [5] [6] In 2021, he was appointed as Distinguished Advisor of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM).[7]

Early life and education

He was born in Panama City, Panama. He is the son of María Elena Ceballos Périé and Emilio Sempris Ubillús, both of French descent.

He attended National Institute of Panama Highschool. He obtained a technical degree in Meteorology from the University of Panama in 1995. He was selected for the Fulbright CAMPUS X scholarship in 1996 and graduated with a degree in Earth Sciences from the University of Maine in 1998, and earned a master's degree in sustainability at Harvard University.[8] [9]

Career

CATHALAC

In 1998, he was hired by the United Nations Development Program to establish Panama's Climate Change Program. In 2002, the Board of Directors of the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) appointed him as Director general, a position he held until 2012. CATHALAC implemented partnerships with NASA, NOAA US Army Cors of Engineers, OAS, and UN-SPIDER's in the areas of research and development, education, technology transfer.[10] [11]

During his directorship, USAID, NASA, and SICA/CCAD partnered with CATHALAC to launch the Regional Visualization and Monitoring System for Mesoamerica (SERVIR).[12] [13] [14] IABIN and ReliefWeb platforms, and launched diploma courses in Water Resources Management and Climate Change Adaptation with the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Publications

Awards and recognition

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Green Benefits - The Business Year . 2022-04-20 . www.thebusinessyear.com. 30 October 2018 .
  2. Web site: Cara a Cara con el ministro de Ambiente Emilio Sempris . Face to Face with the Minister of Environment Emilio Sempris . 2022-04-24 . RPC TV . es-PA.
  3. Web site: Fuente . Anna Marie de la . 2018-04-07 . Caribbean and Central American Films Flourish Despite Headwinds . 2022-04-24 . Variety . en-US.
  4. Web site: University Signs Research MOU with Latin American Group . 2022-04-19 . www.newswise.com . en.
  5. Web site: Joint Communiqué of the United States-Panama Environmental Affairs Council and Environmental Cooperation Commission . State.gov.
  6. Web site: AVANZA LA PROPUESTA DE RED MESOAMERICANA DE RADARES, PANAMÁ - Plataforma de Institutos Geográficos y Cartográficos de América latina, España, Portugal . 2022-04-24 . www.geoinstitutos.com.
  7. Web site: Who we are at the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets . 2022-04-24 . ICVCM . en-US.
  8. Web site: Howard T. Fisher Prize . 2022-04-20 . gis.harvard.edu . en.
  9. Web site: Nosotros – Asociación de Becarios Fulbright de Panamá . About Us - Association of Fulbright Scholars of Panama . 2022-04-20 . Asociación de Becarios Fulbright de Panamá . es.
  10. Web site: 2008 . NASA - 'Smog Blog" for Central America and Caribbean Debuts . 2022-04-21 . www.nasa.gov . en.
  11. Web site: Regional Support Offices: Panama and CATHALAC Sign Host Country Agreement UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal . 2022-04-21 . un-spider.org.
  12. Web site: Floods! Fire! SERVIR! Science Mission Directorate . 2022-04-21 . science.nasa.gov.
  13. Web site: CCAD y NASA presentarán Sistema Regional de Visualización y Monitoreo a funcionarios de Gobierno y otros usuarios en El Salvador . 2022-04-21 . www.sica.int.
  14. Web site: 2005 . Inauguración de SERVIR - Galería Fotográfica . 2022-04-24 . www.sica.int . Sistema de Integración Centroamericana.
  15. Web site: Sempris . Emillio . Lopez . Rene . Anguizola . Ricardo . 2001 . Panama´s First National Communiacion on Climate Change. . 2022-04-24 . United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change . UNFCCC.
  16. Book: Sempris, Emilio . Initial CDM Project Portfolio for the Republic of Panama . USAID . 2002 . Panama . 1 . en.
  17. Book: Centella . Abel . First National Communicacion on Climate Change: Republic of Cuba . Llanes . Juan . Paz . Luis . INSMET . 2001 . 2 . es.
  18. Web site: 6 September 2002 . Report of the Individual Review Of the Greenhouse Gas Inventory of the European Community Submitted In The Year 2001 . 20 April 2022 . United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change . UNFCCC.
  19. Web site: Sempris . Emilio . Molnár . Sandór . Diaz . Harald-Bone . 2003 . Report on the in-depth review of the 3rd National Communication of Austria . 24 April 2022 . United Nations Digital Library . en.
  20. Anderson . Eric R. . Cherrington . Emil A. . Flores . Africa I. . Sempris . Emilio . November 2008 . Identifying critical areas for conservation: Biodiversity and climate change in central America, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic . Biodiversity . en . 9 . 3–4 . 89–99 . 10.1080/14888386.2008.9712912. 12588794 .
  21. Book: Sempris . Emilio . Perez . Joel . Picado . Freddy . 2008 . Fomento de las capacidades para la etapa II de adaptación al cambio climático en Centroamérica, México y Cuba . 2022-04-22 . AGUA México . CATHALAC - PNUD . 978-9962-8941-0-0.
  22. Book: Perez . Joel . Potential impacts of climate change on biodiversity in Central America, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. . Flores . Africa . Anderson . Eric . Cherrington . Emil . Sempris . Emilio . USAID . Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean . 2008 . 978-9962-8941-1-7 . Panama City . 496602648.
  23. Book: Trumper, Kate . The natural fix? : the role of ecosystems in climate mitigation : a UNEP rapid response assessment . 2009 . United Nations Environment Programme . United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP/GRID-Arendal, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre . 978-82-7701-057-1 . Cambridge, U.K. . 406134061.
  24. Perez-Fernandez, Joel & Cherrington, Emil & Anderson, Eric & Moran, Miroslava & Flores, Africa & Trejos, Noel & Sempris, Emilio. (2009). La experiencia de la adaptación al cambio climático en la región de Mesoamérica ("The Experience of the Mesoamerican Region in Climate Change Adaptation"). CATIE-CATHALAC
  25. Cherrington, Emil & Ek, Edgar & Cho, Percival & Howell, Burgess & Hernández Sandoval, Betzy & Anderson, Eric & Flores, Africa & Garcia, Bessy & Sempris, Emilio & Irwin, D.. (2010). Forest Cover and Deforestation in Belize: 1980–2010.
  26. Book: Caribe, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el . Gráficos Vitales del Cambio Climático para América Latina y El Caribe: Edición especial para la CP16/CP-RP 6, México . 2010-01-01 . CEPAL . 978-92-807-3122-4 . es.
  27. Sempris . Emilio . 2012-04-17 . Freshwater in latin america and the caribbean . UN Chronicle . en . 46 . 4 . 36–38 . 10.18356/454f6e90-en.
  28. Book: Sempris, Emilio . National Water Security Plan 2015-2050: Water for All . CONAGUA . 2016 . Panama . 5 . es . Plan Nacional de Seguridad Hídrica 2015-2050: Agua para Todos.
  29. Web site: Tercera Comunicación Nacional sobre cambio climático El PNUD en Panamá . 2022-04-20 . UNDP . es.
  30. Sempris . Emilio . 2019-01-01 . Política Nacional de Humedales de la República de Panamá . Política Nacional de Humedales de la República de Panamá.
  31. 2019-01-01 . Estrategia Nacional de Biodiversidad y Plan de Accion 2018-2050 . National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2018-2050 . Estrategia Nacional de Biodiversidad y Plan de Acción 2018-2050 . MiAMBIENTE.
  32. 2019-01-01 . Estrategia Nacional Forestal 2050 . National Forestry Strategy 2050 . Estrategia Nacional Forestal 2050 . MiAMBIENTE . 7.
  33. Book: Niveles de Referencia de Emisiones Forestales de Panamá . MiAMBIENTE . 2018 . Panama . es.
  34. Web site: Nosotros – Asociación de Becarios Fulbright de Panamá . 2022-04-20 . es.
  35. Web site: 2006 . Group Achievement Award - SERVIR Team . 25 April 2022 . SERVIR - Regional Visualization and Monitoring System . SERVIR . JPG . Huntsville, Alabama . 2006.

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