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#ForumLAC2030 Event: "Rights-Based Sustainable Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean – placing human rights and the 2030 Agenda at the core of the responses to build forward better"

16 Mar 2021, 10:00 - 11:00 | Event (Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development)

This virtual side event intends to generate a space for multi-stakeholder dialogue in order to establish the necessary conditions to place human rights, the 2030 Agenda and the Escazú Agreement at the centre of the countries' responses for post-pandemic recovery. The intention here will be to discuss how sustainable and resilient recovery should be based on human rights, environmental protection and those who defend the environment and the role played by National Human Rights Institutions.…

Financing and Planning for Disaster Risk Management in Caribbean Small Islands Developing States

17 Nov 2020, 10:00 - 13:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The Caribbean is considered one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. Indeed, the financial impact of disasters such as hurricanes on Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is invariably several times greater than their gross domestic product (GDP). Governments of the subregion therefore must continue to seek innovative approaches to mobilize both domestic and external sources to finance their sustainable development and resilience efforts.…

The Escazú Agreement: advancing the rule of law for sustainable development

28 Jul 2020, 10:00 - 14:00 | Event (Other events)

The virtual seminar sought raise awareness on the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other international processes, examine the role of the Judiciary in the implementation of environmental access rights and environmental protection and review the national and regional frameworks and judicial developments in the context of the Regional Agreement’s ratification process.…

Webinar "The significant participation of the public in the Escazú Agreement in preparation for its entry into force: proposals and inputs"

27 - 28 May 2020, 07:00 - 09:00 | Event (Other events)

The elected representatives of the public and ECLAC invite the public to participate in the discussions to draft proposals for the significant participation of the public in the implementation of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement).…

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…

The Escazú Agreement: towards the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (Seminar for Civil Society Representatives and interested stakeholders)

1 Apr 2020, 06:00 - 09:00 | Event (Other events)

**** Event postponed **** Organized by the Government of Grenada and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the seminar aims to raise awareness on the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other international processes, review the role of civil society and other interested stakeholders in the Escazú Agreement and discuss the challenges and opportunities of the Regional Agreement to support the ratification process in Grenada.…

The Escazú Agreement: towards the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (Seminar for public officials)

31 Mar 2020, 06:00 - 13:00 | Event (Other events)

**** Event postponed **** Organized by the Government of Grenada and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the seminar aims to raise awareness on the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other international processes, examine the state of the art of implementation of access rights in the region with a particular focus on the Caribbean sub-region and review the Grenadian internal framework in the context of the Regional Agreement to support the ratification process.…

Capacity Building to Incorporate Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable and Inclusive Climate Change Adaptation in the Public Investment of COSEFIN/SICA Member Countries

1 Jan 2020, 05:00 - 31 Dec 2022, 14:00 | Event (Other events)

The Executive Secretariat of COSEFIN and ECLAC are co-executing this project with financing from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (COSUDE) in Central America. Seven Ministers of Finance and three Ministers or Secretaries of Planning responsible for SNIPs are key partners for the project with responsibilities in its technical governance. Said project is grounded in the initiative “Capacity Building in Public Investment Project Design and the Development of Green Tax Instruments to Respond to Climate Change and Contribute to SDGs in Central America and the Dominican Republic” tha…

ECLAC at COP25 in the context of the ECLAC-BMZ/giz Program

11 Dec 2019, 07:45 - 09:15 | Event (Other events)

En el marco del programa CEPAL-BMZ/giz, CEPAL participará en la COP25 con el evento paralelo "Gran impulso energético: acelerando las inversiones en innovación energética sostenible en Brasil en el contexto del enfoque Big Push for Sustainability de la CEPAL". Más de 10 instituciones brasileñas, regionales e institucionales están trabajando juntas para responder preguntas claves con el fin de apoyar más y mejores inversiones públicas y privadas en las áreas de investigación, desarrollo y demostración (RD&D) de soluciones de energía sostenible (SES) en Brasil. ¿Cuánto y…

UNFCCC COP25: InforMEA Stand "Collective contributions of Multilateral Environmental Agreements to climate action"

11 - 12 Dec 2019, 06:00 - 15:00 | Event (Other events)

InforMEA, platform of the Secretariats of all United Nations Multilateral Environmental Agreements, will have a stand at the official exhibit zone of UNFCCC COP25 on 11 and 12 December 2019. The stand will highlight the Escazú Agreement and the online course Introductory course on SDG 16 and access rights, the Aarhus Convention and the Escazú Agreement will be launched.…

UNFCCC COP25: Launching of book "Climate change and human rights: contributions by and for Latin America and the Caribbean"

9 Dec 2019, 06:30 - 07:00 | Event (Other events)

During the session, the book Climate change and human rights: contributions by and for Latin America and the Caribbean will be launched. This is a joint publication by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), with the support of EUROCLIMA+.…

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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