This event “Launch of the OPCC Virtual Platform and Legislative Data Tracker” is being convened by the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPCC, for its acronym in Spanish) and organized by United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) with the support of Open Society Foundations (OSF). The OPCC is a joint initiative of members of parliaments from fifteen Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries. It aims to constitute an information platform and forum that promotes open access to bills and legislation on the environment, climate change, and just transition, as well as disseminating information on parliamentary activities from across the region on those issues.

The OPCC Virtual Platform and Legislative Data Monitor is an online tool that innovates in compiling and presenting information on the status of legislation and draft laws on the environment, on climate change, and on just transition in Latin America and the Caribbean. The main objectives of the event are:

i. Promote OPCC’s support on the free and transparent access to information on environmental legislative activities across the region through the creation of the Legislative Data Platform;

ii. Introduce the OPCC Virtual Platform’s features and introduce analysis of the legislative data on environment, climate change, and just transition in LAC among legislators and the general public;

iii. Through the presentation of the OPCC Virtual Platform, foster the exchange of legislative information on the environment, climate change, and just transition both regionally and on a global scale.

The new domain will be live starting Sept 20, be sure to check it out and spread the word: opcc.cepal.org

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Time zone: Brasília, Brazil (GMT-3)