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Latin America and China Share Urbanization Challenges, Experts Agree

26 November 2014 | News

China and Latin America and the Caribbean region have common opportunities and challenges in terms of urbanization, which opens significant room for cooperation, experts agreed today at the inauguration of the Forum on Sustainable Urban Development in China and Latin America and the Caribbean at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The event was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) along with the Institute of Latin American Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (ILAS-CASS), with the support of CAF-Development Bank of Latin America. Th…

ECLAC Publishes Three Studies Analyzing Cities' Responses to Climate Change

5 March 2014 | News

Diverse strategies for urban planning and climate change mitigation and adaptation are examined in three documents published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which alert countries to the consequences that this phenomenon can trigger in the region's big cities. Even though Latin America and the Caribbean generates only 5 percent of the planet's greenhouse gases (GHG), the impact of climate change could be devastating, according to the study Low Carbon Development Strategies in Latin America's Megacities (Spanish only), prepared in the framework o…

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