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ECLAC Executive Secretary opens High Level Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago

26 June 2015 | News

“There is no question that the Caribbean is shouldering an unsustainable debt burden which compromises the capacity of the economies for sustained growth and restricts the options available to governments to introduce important social and welfare programmes” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said via video conference in opening the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) on 26 June, during which Ministers and high-level Government representatives from the…

ECLAC Highlights Strategic Regional Action in Defining Sustainable Development Goals for the Caribbean

24 June 2015 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean remains committed to providing assistance to Caribbean countries, as the region prepares a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be included in the United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda, declared today its Director, Diane Quarless. The head of the ECLAC Caribbean office opened the Symposium on Sustainable Development Goals for the Caribbean within the Post-2015 Development Agenda in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, organized by the UN Commission, with the support of …

Trinidad and Tobago will host a Symposium on Sustainable Development Goals for the Caribbean

22 June 2015 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean will convene a Symposium on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the Caribbean within the post-2015 Development Agenda in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from 24-25 June. This meeting, supported by the Caribbean Development Bank, brings together Ministers and senior policy makers in the fields of planning and development, the environment, and social affairs, to consider among the SDGs those goals that are central to the sustainable development needs of the Caribbean. Specifical…

ECLAC staff and local communities join forces on World Environment Day 2015

5 June 2015 | News

Staff members of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean worked side by side with communities in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to protect and preserve the local environmental heritage, in a special commemoration of the United Nations World Environment Day 2015. Under the theme “Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume With Care”, World Environment Day was celebrated this year on Friday 5th June. ECLAC staff partnered with two local non-governmental organizations, the Volunteer Centre of Trinidad and Tobago (VCTT) and…

Regional maritime passenger transportation system to be considered at ECLAC meeting

19 May 2015 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will engage regional experts in discussions regarding the development of an inter-regional maritime passenger transportation system, which will encourage the maximum utilization of the region’s ample available maritime resource. The Caribbean embraces large maritime space, yet this resource remains vastly under-utilized. Opportunities exist for it to be developed for economic and other benefits for the region. The possibilities for developing a regional maritime transport system will be addressed when ECLAC’s subregional headq…

Countries Will Launch Negotiations on a Regional Instrument on Rights Related to Access in Environmental Matters

30 April 2015 | Announcement

Representatives of countries in the region will meet from May 5-7, 2015, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, to start the negotiations phase for a regional instrument on access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters. The first meeting of the Negotiating Committee for the regional agreement on access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean will provide follow-up to the agreements adopted in the framework of the process initiated in …

ECLAC and IDLO Join Forces to Advise the Region’s Countries on Economic Policies Oriented towards Sustainable Development

31 March 2015 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) will cooperate on economic and juridical matters to support the region’s countries in the design of economic policies oriented towards boosting sustainable development, including those measures aimed at mitigating climate change impacts. The two organizations signed a cooperation agreement to this effect last January, which will contribute to the development and strengthening of ECLAC and IDLO’s scientific and research work. On the part of ECLAC, the implementation of t…

ECLAC is assisting the subregion in identifying Caribbean SDGs

26 March 2015 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters is strongly supporting the regional effort to identify among these SDGs, those representing the most crucial development challenges facing the Caribbean, with a view to consolidating support and action towards addressing them. ECLAC will facilitate the consideration of Caribbean SDGs at a technical meeting of key stakeholders including intergovernmental organizations and civil society. The meeting, to be held on Friday 27 March at ECLAC Port of Spain, will be attended by Caribbean experts and wil…

ECLAC is assisting the subregion in identifying Caribbean SDGs

26 March 2015 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters is strongly supporting the regional effort to identify among these SDGs, those representing the most crucial development challenges facing the Caribbean, with a view to consolidating support and action towards addressing them. ECLAC will facilitate the consideration of Caribbean SDGs at a technical meeting of key stakeholders including intergovernmental organizations and civil society. The meeting, to be held on Friday 27 March at ECLAC Port of Spain, will be attended by Caribbean experts and will cont…

Caribbean experts to discuss Samoa Pathway implementation

13 March 2015 | News

Discussions will include consideration of a strategic alignment of the Pathway with the Sustainable Development goals being considered within the framework of the Post 2015 Development Agenda. Known as the “SIDS Accelerated Modalities for Action”, the SAMOA Pathway is the outcome document of the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which was held in Apia, Samoa from 1-4 September 2014. Approved by the United Nations, this intergovernmental agreement serves as the blueprint for the SIDS’ approach to addressing their continuing sustainable development ch…

South Korea, an Interesting Experience in Green and Technological Development

22 January 2015 | News

In just half a century, the Republic of Korea has gone from being one of the poorest countries on the planet to becoming a global actor, with a solid industrial base and a prominent presence in new technologies. It serves an example that can inspire debate about development in Latin America and the Caribbean, participants said during the international seminar “Trade, Industrialization and Green Growth: Exploring Opportunities for Cooperation between the Republic of Korea and Latin America,” which was held on January 22, 2015, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and…

Economist Thomas Piketty to Visit ECLAC Headquarters

14 January 2015 | Announcement

As part of his trip to Chile, French economist Thomas Piketty will visit the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago on Thursday 15 January 2015 at 2.00 p.m. to take part in a lunch meeting with the Commission’s officials and discover first hand ECLAC’s proposals on equality in its trilogy of documents on the subject: Time for equality: closing gaps, opening trails (2010); Structural Change for Equality: An Integrated Approach to Development (2012); and Compacts for Equality: Towards a Sustainable Future (2014). The meeting wi…

Sustainable Development Requires Participatory Environmental Education

12 January 2015 | News

Between now and 30 January at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 25 public officials from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Paraguay, Panama and Uruguay will take part in the training programme on environmental education, which will use case studies from Chile and Japan to provide them with the tools to manage and resolve critical sustainability problems in the region’s territories. Today the Director of ECLAC’s Programme Planning and Operations Division, Raúl García-Buchaca, opened the second international c…

The RIOCC Network Has Supported the Fight Against Climate Change in Ibero-America for Ten Years

12 December 2014 | News

During its ten years of existence, the Ibero-American Network of Climate Change Offices (RIOCC, according to its Spanish initials) has contributed to supporting the fight against climate change by promoting cooperation and coordination among its 21 member countries, senior government officials from the region said during a special event that was held on December 11 in the framework of the 20th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 20), which is taking place in Lima, Peru. Participants in the gathering—which celebrated the RIOCC’s 10th anniv…

Officials and Experts Emphasize Regional Think Tanks’ Contribution to Building a Climate Change Agreement

11 December 2014 | News

Think tanks in the region can provide information on political and technical matters related to climate change negotiations that contribute to forging a consensus in Paris in 2015, senior United Nations officials and representatives from research centers said during an event held in Lima, Peru in the framework of the 20th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 20). The meeting, held on December 10, was attended by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). ECLAC organized this …

Measuring and Reducing Carbon Footprints Would Allow Companies to Improve Their Insertion in Global Trade

11 December 2014 | News

Latin American and Caribbean companies could improve their insertion in global trade if they measure their carbon footprints and took action to reduce them in their productive processes, ECLAC representatives said this Thursday, December 11, during a side event of the 20th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 20), which is being held in Lima, Peru. At the meeting, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented the results of its project on carbon footprint and food exports in the region, in which eight countr…

Climate Change Impacts on Latin America and Peru to Be Presented in Lima

9 December 2014 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Ministry of Environment of the Government of Peru will present on 10 December the results of the studies on the economics of climate change in Latin America and Peru, during a press conference being held in Lima in the framework of the COP 20 meetings. The presentation will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the Press Conference Room N° 1 of the headquarters of the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 20). The press conference will be presided by ECLAC’…

Experts Analyze Latin American and European Union Responses to Climate Change

5 December 2014 | News

An overview of the main effects of climate change on Latin American and Caribbean countries, as well as policy recommendations, was delivered today by the Head of ECLAC’s Climate Change Unit, Luis Miguel Galindo, during a side event held in the framework of the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 20), which is taking place in Lima, Peru. Strong economic dynamism in the region has contributed to reducing poverty and improving social conditions. However, it has also triggered negative impacts—like greenhouse gas emi…

ECLAC Will Present Its Vision on Climate Change Challenges in the Region at the COP20 in Lima

4 December 2014 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present two reports and participate in numerous side events during the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 20), which will be held in Lima, Peru, until December 12. In the Peruvian capital, the Commission will launch an update of its study The Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, providing a broad overview of the main impacts that are expected as well as subregional and national figures. The Commission, along with Peru’s…

Climate Change Will Have Significant Impacts on Paraguay’s Economy

20 November 2014 | News

Paraguay is very vulnerable to climate change because of its heavy dependence on commodities production and because its infrastructure, logistical capacity and services sector are still in development, according to a study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The report The Economics of Climate Change in Paraguay (in Spanish only), which was presented in Asuncion this Thursday, November 20, evaluates the phenomenon’s potential impact on the agricultural and livestock sectors, health, water resources and biodiversity. According to the study, the total cost of …

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