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Energy Big Push: accelerating clean energy innovation in Brazil

23 October 2020, 07:00 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL), the Brazilian Center for Strategic Studies and Management (CGEE), the Brazilian Energy Research Office (EPE) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) will host the webinar “Energy Big Push: accelerating clean energy innovation in Brazil” on 23 October 2020, from 10am to 12pm in Brasilia (GMT-3). Since early-2019, the Energy Big Push (EBP) Brazil has been a collaborative project aiming to support investments in innovation for a sustainable energy transition in the country. Led by CGEE, EPE, ECLAC/CEPAL an…

Global proposals for a sustainable recovery

29 June 2020, 06:45 - 08:45 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) and Senator Jaques Wagner, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Big Push for Sustainability of the Brazilian Federal Senate, are hosting the webinar “Global Proposals for a Sustainable Recovery” this coming Monday, June 29, from 10.45am to 12.45pm in Brasilia (GMT-3). In 2019, the Brazilian Federal Senate launched a Subcommittee to propose public policies, structural reforms and economic and social development that represent a "Big Push for Sustainability" in the country. The renewed objective in the curren…

Big Push for Sustainability

26 May 2020, 12:00 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe das Nações Unidas (CEPAL) vem desenvolvendo o Big Push para a Sustentabilidade, que é uma abordagem renovada para apoiar os países da região na construção de estilos de desenvolvimento mais sustentáveis, baseada na coordenação de políticas para promover investimentos transformadores desses estilos. Em 2019, foi realizada a Chamada Aberta de Estudos de Casos de Investimentos para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável no Brasil, pela CEPAL em parceria com a Rede Brasil do Pacto Global e o Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), com o apoio d…

Symposium on Mainstreaming Gender in Water Resources Management, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policies in the Caribbean

26 - 27 November 2019 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

Caribbean women suffer disproportionate levels of mortality and injury following disasters and extreme weather events. This is a direct result of recurrent discrimination and inequalities in access to adequate health care, food and nutrition, and water and sanitation, as well as education, technology and information. Patriarchal structures and systemic barriers uphold higher risks of women and girls’ vulnerabilities in face of climate change. Therefore, climate change is seen as a factor contributing to perpetuate gender inequalities. In addition, the oversight of policy makers to engage in ge…

Seminar for Public Officials and Civil Society Representatives on the Escazú Agreement and the 2030 Agenda

11 November 2019, 06:00 - 13:00 | Event (Other events)

The seminar is organized by the Government of Saint Lucia, the Saint Lucia National Trust and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC). The objectives of the seminar are: to raise awareness on the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other international processes to examine the state of the art of implementation of access rights in the region with a particular focus on the Caribbean sub-region to review the Saint Lucian internal framework in the context of the Regional Agreement to support the ratification process…

Signature and/or ratification ceremony of the Escazú Agreement at the 74th United Nations General Assembly

26 September 2019, 07:00 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The Escazú Agreement one of the four environmental treaties highlighted by the United Nations Secretary-General in 2019 in support of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. In the framework of the general debate of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, a specific space will be devoted for authorities of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to sign and/or ratify the Escazú Agreement at the highest level possible at 10 a.m. on 26 September 2019 in the Treaty Event Area (“Kuwaiti boat”) in the General Assembly building.…

The effective and coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda in Guyana through the Escazú Agreement

14 August 2019, 05:00 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The present workshop will seek to analyze how the Escazú Agreement contributes to the implementation of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda in an effective and coherent manner in Guyana. To that end, it will specifically review key provisions of the Escazú Agreement and analyze national strengths, weaknesses and opportunities considering the current legislative and policy framework. It will also seek to identify gaps, needs and priorities and set the stage for national strategies and plans of action to more effectively implement the Escazú Agreement in the context of the environment…

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