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"

Event

Work area(s)

Sustainable development and human settlements

Topic(s)

COVID-19 Principle 10 - Escazú Agreement Environment 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sustainable development

Teaser

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.

Event information

Date

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Event type

Intergovernmental meetings

Participation

Open participation

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. By furthering the environmental dimension of SDG 16, focusing on leaving no one behind and catalyzing transformative action, environmental access rights enable societies to secure people-centered, nature-based solutions in the pursuit of sustainable development. The Escazú Agreement, the Aarhus Convention and other national and regional developments that strengthen transparent, inclusive, evidence-based and participatory policies for sustainability will be showcased. The event will invite representatives of Member States, United Nations entities, civil society and other relevant stakeholders to engage in a collective discussion on how to devise effective pathways for building forward greener and better.

Practical information

FOLLOW THE EVENT LIVE: http://live.cepal.org/escazu

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Organizing institution

Gobierno de la República Oriental del Uruguay

  • https://www.presidencia.gub.uy/
  • (+598 2) 150
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

  • https://www.cepal.org
  • 56 222100000
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Government of Costa Rica

  • http://presidencia.go.cr/
  • (506) 2207-9100
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Government of France

  • https://www.gouvernement.fr/
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Gobierno de México

  • http://www.gob.mx/
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Government of Saint Lucia

  • http://www.govt.lc/
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Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ESCAP

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  • (66-2) 288-1234
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Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE)

  • https://www.unece.org/info/ece-homepage.html
  • Phone: +41 (0) 22 917 12 34 (switchboard)
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Contact

Secretariat of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • secretaria.escazu@cepal.org
  • www.cepal.org/acuerdodeescazu
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Observatory(ies)

Observatory on Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean

Subsidiary body(ies) / Intergovernmental meeting

Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

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