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ECLAC and OHCHR Warn about the Grave Human Rights Impact of Climate Change

9 December 2019 | News

Climate change represents a tangible threat to the full and effective exercise of human rights, and its effects are disproportionately more acute in countries and population segments that are already at a disadvantage, according to the book Climate Change and Human Rights: Contributions from and for Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish only, English version forthcoming) published jointly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The document was presented on Monday, December 9 in t…

Alicia Bárcena Reviewed with Caribbean Authorities Progress on the Debt for Climate Adaptation Swap Initiative, Including the Creation of a Resilience Fund

23 September 2019 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, met this Monday, September 23, with Prime Ministers Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda, Allen Chastanet of Saint Lucia, and Ralph Gonsalves of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, to review progress on the Debt for Climate Adaptation Swap Initiative, including the creation of a resilience fund proposed by the Commission for small island Caribbean states. During the meeting – which took place in the framework of the Climate Action Summit and the 74th session of the United Nations Gene…

United Nations Special Envoy for the Ocean to Visit ECLAC

1 August 2019 | Announcement

Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean, will visit the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean on Wednesday, August 7, 2019, where he will meet with the organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, followed by a press conference. Thomson, originally from Fiji, is scheduled to make an official visit to Chile August 6-9, during which he will meet with country authorities and participate in an array of activities related to his role as advocate for the conservation and sustainable use of the world’s oceans. The press conference, which …

ECLAC Calls on Researchers to Present Papers on Sustainable Development by July 28

8 July 2019 | News

The Summer School on Latin American Economies of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is accepting, through July 28 2019, proposals for research papers on the topic of sustainable development that will be presented on September 3-4 at a seminar to be held at the regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The seminar Sustainable Development: the science, economics and policy nexus is part of the celebration of the Summer School’s twentieth anniversary, and it will be co-sponsored by the European Union and the Young Scholars Initiative (INET). The top…

New Document by ECLAC Analyzes the Values of the Social Cost of Carbon for the Development of Public Policies on Climate Change in the Region

17 June 2019 | News

Identifying and establishing a social cost of carbon (SCC) is particularly useful for developing public policies on climate change and sustainable development in the region, a new document produced by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicates. The report entitled The Social Cost of Carbon: An Aggregate View from Latin America (in Spanish only) – by authors José Eduardo Alatorre, Karina Caballero, Jimy Ferrer and Luis Miguel Galindo –analyzes and narrows down the wide variety of studies and results on SCC to identify their regular patterns and reduce the…

Caribbean Countries Face Complex Challenges to Advancing on Fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda

24 April 2019 | News

The current international political and economic context has meant that Caribbean countries face a difficult situation today in diverse areas, ranging from the effects of natural disasters to a shortage of resources, complex access to financing, narrow fiscal space for introducing social reforms, and the burden of high levels of indebtedness, among other problems. All these challenges, which hamper progress toward achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, were analyzed today by authorities from various countries of the subregion in the framework of the third meeting of the Forum o…

Small Island Developing States Will Not Achieve the 2030 Agenda if They Do Not Obtain Financing and International Support for Effective Adaptation to Climate Change

13 November 2018 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, affirmed today that small island developing states will not achieve the sustainable development committed to in the 2030 Agenda if they do not find an effective way to adapt to climate change. The senior United Nations official participated today, via teleconference, in the special session “Pathways to resilience in climate-affected SIDS: A Forward-Looking Resilience Building Agenda. Promises, results and next steps,” organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Council, in Ne…

New Publication Examines Nine Theses on Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

27 March 2018 | News

Meeting the challenge of preserving a global public asset like the climate will require deep structural transformation from the current development style toward more sustainable development. This calls for a fair and inclusive international agreement that recognizes shared but differentiated responsibilities. This is one of the perspectives set forth in the publication The Economy of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean: a graphic vision, produced in the framework of the EUROCLIMA program, financed by the European Commission and coordinated by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary …

ECLAC Advocates for Caribbean's Debt Swap Proposal and Establishes Task Force for Its Implementation

12 December 2017 | News

Representatives from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented on Monday 20 November the organization’s debt for climate adaptation swaps proposal for the Caribbean nations striken by the recent hurricane season, during a high level conference held in the United Nations’ headquarters in New York. The CARICOM-UN High Level Pledging Conference: “Building a more Climate Resilient Community”, was convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and looked to mobilise international support for its M…

Latin America and the European Union Conclude First Stage of EUROCLIMA Program with Positive Results

14 June 2017 | News

Representatives of Latin America and the European Union positively assessed the achievements and results attained in the first stage of the EUROCLIMA Program and began planning the activities that will be carried out during the new phase entitled EUROCLIMA+, while attending two seminars held in Lima, Peru. The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Antonio Prado, extolled the importance of the bi-regional cooperation program during the EUROCLIMA Seminar, which took place on May 30-31 in the Peruvian capital. In his speech, the senior …

ECLAC Assesses Performance of Brazil’s National Climate Change Fund

15 March 2017 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has published a report assessing the performance and contributions of Brazil’s National Climate Change Fund (known by the Portuguese acronym FNMC) as an instrument of the National Climate Change Policy (PNMC) and analysing its positive aspects, limitations and lessons learned. The Avaliação do Fundo Clima document (available only in Portuguese) highlights the fact that Brazil is one of only a few countries in the world to have its own instrument for funding climate change policies. “The country recognizes the need for resour…

ECLAC Presents at COP 22 its Proposal for an Environmental Big Push to Change Production and Consumption Patterns

15 November 2016 | News

At COP 22 today, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) put forth its proposal for the region’s countries to give an environmental big push to their economies, with the aim of changing current production and consumption patterns and establishing a sustainable development path that allows them to confront climate change. Two events organized by the United Nations regional commissions were held this Tuesday in the context of the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is taking place on Novembe…

ECLAC Attends EUROCLIMA Meeting at COP 22 in Marrakech

12 November 2016 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented a compilation of thirty publications and four videos on climate change in the region at an event held this Saturday as part of COP 22, which is taking place from 7 to 18 November in Marrakech, Morocco. The meeting was held under the aegis of EUROCLIMA, a European Union cooperation programme. The Head of the Climate Change Unit of the ECLAC Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division, Luis Miguel Galindo, attended the EUROCLIMA+: Perspectives and challenges for EU regional climate change cooperation with La…

ECLAC to Lead Discussions and Present Studies on Climate Change at COP 22 in Marrakech

11 November 2016 | News

A delegation from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is currently in Marrakech, Morocco, to attend the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), where several events jointly organized by the regional commission will take place and a number of studies on global warming will be presented. This global conference, which is taking place from 7 to 18 November, marks a watershed following the entry into force on 4 November of the Paris Agreement signed at COP 21 in December 2015. That agreement seeks to…

How to Follow ECLAC’s Session in Mexico

13 May 2016 | News

On May 23-27, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold in Mexico City its thirty-sixth session, the most important biannual meeting of this United Nations organization, whose mandate is to contribute to the region’s economic, social and environmental development. Live broadcast The entire meeting will be broadcast live via the Web site created for this occasion: ://periododesesiones.cepal.org/36/en, which also provides general information about the event, the detailed programme, reference documents and all the news. Any media outlet or organization is free …

OECD's Secretary-General Visited ECLAC

25 April 2016 | News

The Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Angel Gurría, visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile on Monday, April 25, where he met with Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena and ambassadors of the region to present the OECD's Regional Program for Latin America and the Caribbean. “Although we have different visions, identities and memberships, ECLAC and OECD have been building very valuable bridges for collaboration in the last five years,” Alicia Bárcena said at the start of…

Experts Highlight Contribution of International Trade to Fight Climate Change and for Sustainable Development

15 December 2015 | News

Experts from 15 Latin American, the Caribbean and European countries meet at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Santiago, Chile to analyze the contribution of international trade to fight climate change in the region, just two days after the end of the negotiations at the 21 Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Paris. At the VII International ECLAC Environmental Footprint Seminar: Environmental Standards in the International Trade, organized by this United Nations regional commissio…

ECLAC side event at COP21 to advocate Caribbean debt relief

8 December 2015 | News

Hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat, the event, which takes place on Tuesday 8 December 2015, is expected to attract wide participation from Caribbean and other representatives at the meeting, as well as regional and international organizations including the Inter-American Development Bank and CARICOM. COP21 offers an important opportunity for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to press for fundamental breakthroughs in the agreed global response to climate change that will emerge at this crucia…

New Global Initiative Launches at COP21 to Boost Green Growth Financing

7 December 2015 | News

As part of a global effort to rapidly accelerate the financing of green growth projects in emerging economies, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), an intergovernmental organization that supports strong, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth in developing countries, announced today the launch of the Inclusive Green Growth Partnership, a new collaboration with top multilateral development banks and United Nations regional economic and social commissions. The Inclusive Green Growth Partnership, announced at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Conv…

ECLAC Will Promote Initiatives for Sustainable and Inclusive Development During the COP21

3 December 2015 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will participate in diverse initiatives to promote sustainable and inclusive growth and the financing of actions aimed at combating global warming in the context of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is taking place from November 30 to December 11 in Paris, France. On Saturday, December 5, at 6:30 p.m. local time, ECLAC will participate in the European Pavilion, located at the COP21’s official venue, during the launch of the new cooperation program of …

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