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The economics of biodiversity in climate change times: a renewed challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean - A conversation with Sir Partha Dasgupta

16 Jan 2023, 12:30 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

Sir Partha Dasgupta, leader of the project The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review, (London: HM Treasury), 2021. To be republished by Cambridge University Press, 2022. This is a study similar to that of Sir Nicholas Stern, applied to the costing of biodiversity loss and options for its incorporation into economic accounting and for better targeting of investment and its real costs. Sir Dasgupta is a global eminence in biodiversity and economics, so it is a singular occasion, it is the first time he visits ECLAC, he had a prominent role in the IPBES initiative of the United Nations C…

The Economics of the Circular Economy Transition

5 Dec 2022, 12:40 - 15:30 | Event (Other events)

As the global economy expands and living standards rise, the world's raw materials consumption is expected to nearly double by 2060. This is particularly alarming because materials extraction, processing, use and waste management lead to very significant environmental pressures, ranging from local pollution at mining sites to GHG emissions from metal processing or air pollution from waste handling and disposal. In parallel, the mismanagement of plastic has resulted in significant environmental pollution and, if left unchecked, has the potential to cause even more important economic and so…

Launch of the e-learning course on Disaster-Related Statistics Framework (DRSF)

31 Oct 2022, 08:00 - 09:30 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The aims of the course is build national capacities for the compilation of disaster-related statistics for enhancing disaster management and promoting risk-informed sustainable development in the countries. Also aims to facilitate national monitoring and reporting on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.…

Thirty-ninth session of ECLAC

24 - 26 Oct 2022, 06:00 - 10:00 | Event (Sessions of the Commission)

The thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be held from 24–26 October 2022, at the Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires, pursuant to resolution 753 (PLEN.36), adopted at the thirty-sixth session of the ECLAC Committee of the Whole, held in New York on 3 December 2021. The meeting will be held in accordance with the ECLAC calendar of conferences for the period 2021–2022.…

Towards COP27: Regional forums on Climate Initiatives to Finance Climate Action and the SDGs - Roundtable on Climate Finance – The Energetic Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean

1 - 02 Sep 2022, 05:00 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings of the United Nations system)

Ahead of COP27, the UN system, leveraging its convening power, network of experts and influencers at regional levels, will partner with the incoming Egyptian Presidency of COP27 and the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions for COP26 and COP27 to organize a series of five regional forums on “Towards COP27. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean proposes to address the region’s energy transition as the thematic focus of the Roundtable on Climate Finance, in consideration of both the short-term impacts of the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on global ene…

Climate Change Assessment Reports: Implications for a Just Transition in Latin America

7 Jul 2022, 06:00 - 08:00 | Event (Other events)

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of the United Nations, the Presidency of the Commission on Land and Territory, Natural Resources and the Environment of the Senate of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (CMA Bolivia) and the Presidency of the Commission on Environment of the Federal Senate of Brazil (CMA Brazil) hold the virtual event "Climate Change Assessment Reports: Implications for a Just Transition in Latin America", which will take place on 7 July from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Santiago de Chile time) in totally virtual format. The event takes place within th…

The IP Offices of the XXI Century and their Role in Promoting the Commercialization of Green Technologies

23 Mar 2022, 07:00 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The workshop takes place within the scope of the project “Building a national and regional strategy for the development and adoption of sustainable technologies”, led by the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) in Brazil and implemented by the Economic Commission for America Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) with support of the European Union through Euroclima+. In addition, the workshop builds on a series of actions that are in course in the context of a fruitful network coordinated by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Green in partnership with representa…

Fourth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

26 - 28 Oct 2021, 06:00 - 13:00 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)

The fourth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean is being organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The meeting, which will be held virtually, will be attended by social development authorities from the region. The document to be presented on this occasion analyses the impact of disasters and inequality as well as options for the implementation of some of the lines of action of the Regional Agenda for Inclusive …

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