The Guatemalan Sugarcane Agroindustry participated at the preparatory meeting for the event: “Synergies for the implementation of sustainable water and energy consumption and production in support of the fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement”.
The event will take place in Guatemala on October 18th and 19th, under the auspices of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in partnership with the Sustainable Water and Energy Solutions Network and the Guatemalan Sugar Association – Asazgua.
The preparatory meeting was attended by Luis Miguel Paiz, General Manager of Asazgua, and Andrea Bolaños, Sustainability Manager; Minoru Takada, leader of the Energy team at UNDESA; Nadine Salame, UNDESA officer; Ivan Vera, senior consultant at UNDESA.
On Guatemala’s side, Ambassador Carla María Rodríguez Mancia, Representative of the Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the UN, participated; María José Del Águila Castillo, Alternate Delegate of the Mission, and Sharon Juárez, Counselor of the Guatemalan Mission at the UN.