Emilio Sempris
Minister of Environment of Panama
In office
March 18, 2017 – July 1, 2019
PresidentJuan Carlos Varela
Vice PresidentIsabel Saint Malo
Preceded byMirei Endara
Succeeded byMilciades Concepción
Viceminister of Environment of Panama
In office
July 2, 2014 – March 17, 2017
PresidentJuan Carlos Varela
Vice PresidentIsabel Saint Malo
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byYamil Sanchez
Director General of the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean
In office
November 2, 2002 – July 20, 2012
Preceded byMaría Donono
Succeeded byFreddy Picado
Personal details
Born
Emilio Luis Sempris Ceballos

Panama City, Panama
SpouseRita Spadafora
Children2
EducationHarvard University

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.[4]

Publications

  • Panama's First National Communication on Climate Change. (2000).[15]
  • Initial Portfolio of CDM Projects of the Republic of Panama. (2001).[16]
  • First National Communicación on Climate Change. Rep of Cuba (Review). (2002).[17]
  • Report of the Individual Review of the Greenhouse Gas Inventory of the European Community. (2001).[18]
  • Report on the in-depth review of the third national communication of Austria. (2003).[19]
  • Identification of Critical Areas for Conservation: Biodiversity and Climate Change in Central America, Mexico and the Dominican Republic (2008).[20]
  • Capacity Building for Stage II of Adaptation to Climate Change in Central America, Mexico, and Cuba. (2008).[21]
  • Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity in Central America, Mexico and the Dominican Republic (2008).[22]
  • The Natural Fix? The Role of Ecosystems in Climate Mitigation: A UNEP Rapid Response Assessment. (Reviewer)(2009).[23]
  • The Experience of Adaptation to Climate Change in the Mesoamerican Region (In Spanish). (2009).[24]
  • Latin America and the Caribbean / Atlas of our Changing Environment (2009.[25]
  • Forest Cover in Belize: 1980-2010 (2010).[26]
  • Vital Climate Change Graphics for Latin America and the Caribbean (2010).[27]
  • Central American Sustainable Land Management Atlas (Spanish)(2001).[28]
  • Climate Change and Freshwater in Latin America and the Caribbean (2012).[29]
  • National Water Security Plan 2015-2050: Water for All (2015).[30]
  • Third National Communication on Climate Change (2018).[31]
  • National Wetlands Policy of the Republic of Panama (2018).[32]
  • National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2050.(2018).[33]
  • National Forestry Strategy 2050.(2018).[34]
  • Reference Levels of Forest Emissions of Panama.(2018)[35]

Awards and recognition

  • Fulbright Campus X Scholarship to study Earth Sciences at the University of Maine, 1996[36]
  • NASA Group Award for the Establishment and Operation of SERVIR, 2006[37]

References

  1. ↑ "Green Benefits - The Business Year". www.thebusinessyear.com. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  2. ↑ "Cara a Cara con el ministro de Ambiente Emilio Sempris" [Face to Face with the Minister of Environment Emilio Sempris]. RPC TV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  3. ↑ Fuente, Anna Marie de la (2018-04-07). "Caribbean and Central American Films Flourish Despite Headwinds". Variety. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  4. 1 2 "University Signs Research MOU with Latin American Group". www.newswise.com. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  5. ↑ "Joint Communiqué of the United States-Panama Environmental Affairs Council and Environmental Cooperation Commission" (PDF). State.gov.
  6. ↑ "AVANZA LA PROPUESTA DE RED MESOAMERICANA DE RADARES, PANAMÁ - Plataforma de Institutos Geográficos y Cartográficos de América latina, España, Portugal". www.geoinstitutos.com. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  7. ↑ "Who we are at the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets". ICVCM. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  8. ↑ "Howard T. Fisher Prize". gis.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  9. ↑ "Nosotros – Asociación de Becarios Fulbright de Panamá" [About Us - Association of Fulbright Scholars of Panama]. Asociación de Becarios Fulbright de Panamá (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  10. ↑ "NASA - 'Smog Blog" for Central America and Caribbean Debuts". www.nasa.gov. 2008. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  11. ↑ "Regional Support Offices: Panama and CATHALAC Sign Host Country Agreement | UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal". un-spider.org. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  12. ↑ "Floods! Fire! SERVIR! | Science Mission Directorate". science.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  13. ↑ "CCAD y NASA presentarán Sistema Regional de Visualización y Monitoreo a funcionarios de Gobierno y otros usuarios en El Salvador". www.sica.int. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  14. ↑ "Inauguración de SERVIR - Galería Fotográfica". www.sica.int. Sistema de Integración Centroamericana. 2005. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  15. ↑ Sempris, Emillio; Lopez, Rene; Anguizola, Ricardo (2001). "Panama´s First National Communiacion on Climate Change". United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. UNFCCC. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  16. ↑ Sempris, Emilio (2002). Initial CDM Project Portfolio for the Republic of Panama (PDF). Panama: USAID. p. 1.
  17. ↑ Centella, Abel; Llanes, Juan; Paz, Luis (2001). First National Communicacion on Climate Change: Republic of Cuba (in Spanish). INSMET. p. 2.
  18. ↑ "Report of the Individual Review Of the Greenhouse Gas Inventory of the European Community Submitted In The Year 2001" (PDF). United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. UNFCCC. 6 September 2002. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  19. ↑ Sempris, Emilio; Molnár, Sandór; Diaz, Harald-Bone (2003). "Report on the in-depth review of the 3rd National Communication of Austria". United Nations Digital Library. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  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. 9 (3–4): 89–99. doi:10.1080/14888386.2008.9712912. S2CID 12588794.
  21. ↑ 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. CATHALAC - PNUD. ISBN 978-9962-8941-0-0. Retrieved 2022-04-22. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  22. ↑ Perez, Joel; Flores, Africa; Anderson, Eric; Cherrington, Emil; Sempris, Emilio (2008). Potential impacts of climate change on biodiversity in Central America, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean. Panama City: USAID. ISBN 978-9962-8941-1-7. OCLC 496602648.
  23. ↑ Trumper, Kate (2009). The natural fix? : the role of ecosystems in climate mitigation : a UNEP rapid response assessment. United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP/GRID-Arendal, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Cambridge, U.K.: United Nations Environment Programme. ISBN 978-82-7701-057-1. OCLC 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. ↑ United Nations Environment Programme. Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe (2010), Latin America and the Caribbean : atlas of our changing environment, United States. Agency for International Development, Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean, Panama City, Panama: UNEP, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, ISBN 978-92-807-3057-9, OCLC 721292400, retrieved 2022-04-24
  26. ↑ 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.
  27. ↑ Caribe, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el (2010-01-01). Gráficos Vitales del Cambio Climático para América Latina y El Caribe: Edición especial para la CP16/CP-RP 6, México (in Spanish). CEPAL. ISBN 978-92-807-3122-4.
  28. ↑ Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (2011), Atlas Centroamericano para la Gestión Sostenible del Territorio, Programa Regional para la Reducción de la Vulnerabilidad y Degradación Ambiental, Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana, San Salvador, El Salvador: Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo, p. 6, ISBN 978-99923-52-31-1, OCLC 809201460, retrieved 2022-04-24
  29. ↑ Sempris, Emilio (2012-04-17). "Freshwater in latin america and the caribbean". UN Chronicle. 46 (4): 36–38. doi:10.18356/454f6e90-en.
  30. ↑ Sempris, Emilio (2016). National Water Security Plan 2015-2050: Water for All [Plan Nacional de Seguridad Hídrica 2015-2050: Agua para Todos] (PDF) (in Spanish). Panama: CONAGUA. p. 5.
  31. ↑ "Tercera Comunicación Nacional sobre cambio climático | El PNUD en Panamá". UNDP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  32. ↑ Sempris, Emilio (2019-01-01). "Política Nacional de Humedales de la República de Panamá". Política Nacional de Humedales de la República de Panamá.
  33. ↑ "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. 2019-01-01.
  34. ↑ "Estrategia Nacional Forestal 2050" [National Forestry Strategy 2050]. Estrategia Nacional Forestal 2050. MiAMBIENTE: 7. 2019-01-01.
  35. ↑ Niveles de Referencia de Emisiones Forestales de Panamá (PDF) (in Spanish). Panama: MiAMBIENTE. 2018.
  36. ↑ "Nosotros – Asociación de Becarios Fulbright de Panamá" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  37. ↑ "Group Achievement Award - SERVIR Team" (JPG). SERVIR - Regional Visualization and Monitoring System. Huntsville, Alabama: SERVIR. 2006. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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