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2021 HLPF official side event: "Empowering people to protect the planet in a COVID-19 context: the contribution of SDG 16 and environmental access rights to sustainable and resilient recovery"

14 Jul 2021, 21:00 - 22:30 | Event (Intergovernmental meetings)

This event aims to generate a space for inter-regional multi-stakeholder dialogue on experiences that empower people to protect the planet in times of COVID-19. As a linchpin of sustainable and resilient recovery efforts, the implementation of environmental access rights to information, public participation and justice at different levels will be featured.…

European Union facility joint response to COVID-19: Fostering sustainable development models in LAC countries - Fiscal policies to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and foster investment for a sustainable recovery

13 Jul 2021, 04:30 - 06:15 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

This Experts Meeting will provide a space for a regional dialogue among country authorities, international organizations and fiscal experts to discuss domestic resource mobilization and public spending issues to reduce structural gaps, as well as to explore policy options to expand fiscal space to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and boost investments for a sustainable and inclusive recovery.…

Just transition: strategies for a sustainable recovery

30 Jun 2021, 07:00 - 08:30 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC, or CEPAL for the acronym in Spanish and Portuguese) and the Environment Commission of the Brazilian Federal Senate co-organize the High-Level (online) Seminar “Just Transition: Strategies for a Sustainable Recovery” on Wednesday (30 June) from 11h to 12h30 (GMT-3). The seminar takes place within the context of the celebrations of the Month of the Environment “Green June” to discuss the relevance of environmental justice in the design of sustainable recovery strategies and policies. The unfolding of the COVID-19 …

ECLAC participates in the session Innovation in water and sanitation management within the framework of the IV Latin American and Caribbean Forum on Housing and Habitat

28 May 2021 - 04:20 | Event (Other events)

Habitat for Humanity (HFH) in collaboration with the Inter-American Union for Housing (Uniapravi) organized the IV Latin American and Caribbean Forum on Housing and Habitat: Action for housing and settlements against COVID-19, a multi-actor space of the sector in the region that seeks to collectively share, reimagine and build the new reality of housing and the city. The IV Forum aimed to generate ideas to overcome the crisis in social housing and vulnerable settlements during and after COVID-19, as well as contribute to economic reactivation and social equity. It was held in virtual mode from…

Energy Big Push: accelerating clean energy innovation in Brazil

23 Oct 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 Jun 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 Nov 2019, 05:30 - 13:30 | 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…

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