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Parliamentarians Commit to Building a Regional Agenda for Climate Ambition and a Just Transition

20 Apr 2023 | News

Legislators from Latin America and the Caribbean committed themselves today to building a concrete regional agenda for climate ambition and a just transition, during the first Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The event, which took place in the framework of the first in-person meeting of the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC), was attended by OPCC parliamentary participants …

How to Follow the Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement

18 Apr 2023 | News

The Second meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement (COP 2) will take place in person on April 19-21, 2023 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The main goal of this meeting is to elect the inaugural members of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the treaty and to consider any other matter decided by the Parties. Furthermore, they will welcome the new States Parties incorporated since the COP 1: Belize, Chile and Grenada. The inauguration of the COP 2 of the Escazú Agreement will take place at 6 p.m. local time (GMT -3) on Wednesday, April 19 at the Centro…

Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Take Place at ECLAC

18 Apr 2023 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host the first Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place on Thursday, April 20, 2023 in Santiago, Chile, in the framework of the first in-person meeting of the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC). This event seeks to promote an opportunity for dialogue among legislators with the aim of strengthening climate ambition in the region. Its main objectives include the signing of a joint statement that expresses the comm…

Argentina’s President Will Participate in Inauguration of the Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement

17 Apr 2023 | Announcement

The President of the Argentine Republic, Alberto Fernández, will attend the opening session of the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 2) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – on April 19 in Buenos Aires. At the event, which will continue through April 21 in Argentina’s capital, authorities and official representatives of the countries that are already part of the region’s first environmental treaty will elect the inaugural members of the…

The Region’s Countries Will Meet at ECLAC to Evaluate Progress on Fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

13 Apr 2023 | Announcement

The sixth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development – where authorities and representatives of governments, the United Nations System, international organizations, the private sector, academia and civil society will review the progress and challenges related to implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region – will take place on April 25-28 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The regional forum – which has been held annually since 2017 – aims to provide those responsible for implementing the 2030 Agenda in…

Argentina Will Host the Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement

31 Mar 2023 | Announcement

The second meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 2) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – will take place on April 19-21 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. So states the agreement made between José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) – which is the United Nations regional organization that serves as Secretariat of the Agreement – and Santiago Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Aff…

The Green Transition and Productive Development Policies are Essential Elements for Changing the Region’s Development Model

23 Mar 2023 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, stressed today that the green transition and productive development policies are essential elements for an urgent and necessary change in the region’s development model, during one of the main sessions of the XIV Ibero-American Business Meeting, which is taking place in the Dominican Republic in the context of the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit 2023. The United Nations regional commission’s highest authority participated in a session entitled “The Public Viewpoint: Ibero…

Implementing Principles on Responsible Business Conduct is Crucial for Moving Towards Sustainable Development in the Region

16 Mar 2023 | News

The implementation of global principles on responsible business conduct in Latin America and the Caribbean – especially those relating to transparency, human rights and anti-corruption obligations – is crucial for moving towards sustainable development in the region, according to the participants in the seminar Implementing Global Principles on Responsible Business Conduct: transparency, human rights and anti-corruption obligations in practice, held this Thursday, March 16, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. At this ev…

Check out the roster of candidates to the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the Escazu Agreement

21 Feb 2023 | News

According to article II.5 of the Rules relating to the structure and functions of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance, the Presiding Officers prepared the following roster of ten candidates to the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance. This list is composed of five men and five women of ten nationalities from Annex 1 countries of the Agreement. There are three representatives from Central America and Mexico, three from the Caribbean and four from South America. They currently correspond to five States Parties and five non-Parties. From the roster of candidates, …

Authorities from the Region Urge for Transforming and Humanizing Housing, Cities and Territories

6 Dec 2022 | News

Ministers and the highest authorities of housing and urbanism of Latin America and the Caribbean – MINURVI urged for transforming and humanizing housing, cities and territories during the closing segment of this regional forum’s XXXI General Assembly, which concluded today at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. In the Santiago Declaration, signed by 17 countries, the authorities committed themselves to ensuring that states play an active role in the implementation of planning and regulatory policies on housing and …

Senior Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Analyze the Region’s Urban Development and Housing Challenges

2 Dec 2022 | Announcement

Ministers and high-level housing and urban planning authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean will analyze the region’s challenges in relation to housing and urban development, at a high-level meeting that will take place on December 5-6 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The XXXI General Assembly of the Forum of Ministers and Highest Authorities of Housing and Urbanism of Latin America and the Caribbean – MINURVI seeks to foster exchanges in order to generate a shared perspective on problems, assess ch…

Professor Mariana Mazzucato Will Present Policy Document for Transformational Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

19 Oct 2022 | Announcement

Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Founding Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) of University College London (UCL), will present a new report in which she addresses transformational change in Latin America and the Caribbean, at a side event of the thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which will take place on October 24-26 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The document entitled Transformational Change in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Mission-Oriented Approach, which was commissioned by ECLAC, will be launched on Tue…

ECLAC convenes Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee meeting in Suriname

13 Oct 2022 | Announcement

What: Twenty-ninth (29) session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee. When: 14 October 2022 (Opening ceremony at 9 am). Where: The Royal Torarica Hotel, Kleine Waterstraat 10, Paramaribo, Suriname. Background Information Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) Member Countries and Associate Members will convene for the 29th Session. Pursuant to resolution 358(XVI) of 1975, the CDCC was created as a permanent subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), to promote development cooperation among Caribbean countrie…

ECLAC convenes Caribbean Development Roundtable meeting in Suriname

11 Oct 2022 | Announcement

What: Seventh (7th) meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable. When: 12 to 13 October 2022 (Opening ceremony at 8 am). Where: The Royal Torarica Hotel, Kleine Waterstraat 10, Paramaribo, Suriname. Background Information The Caribbean Development Roundtable brings together regional and international development thinkers and practitioners, leaders and senior policymakers from ECLAC member States and associate member countries, representatives of the UN System, regional and international financial institutions, academia, and civil society, including the private sector, as well as o…

Legislative Proposals for Sustainable Development Were Presented in the Brazilian Federal Senate

26 Sep 2022 | News

On June 30, 2022, in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies’ Noble Hall, a public event was held to launch the final report of the Ecological Generation Forum. Created in June 2021 within the Environment Committee of Brazil’s Federal Senate, the Forum received technical support from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to carry out its activities. The Ecological Generation Forum was conceived with the goal of drafting a comprehensive legislative framework that would present a National Sustainable Development Plan to the country. In the course of a year, 42 expert memb…

Representatives Agree to Move Forward on the Financial Structuring of Projects and Address that Gap in Climate Finance in View of the Upcoming COP27, Presided by Egypt

2 Sep 2022 | News

Government representatives from numerous countries in the region, as well as international organizations and multilateral and private financial institutions, concluded this Friday, September 2, their debates at the Roundtable on Climate Finance and the Energy Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean – which took place at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile – with a call to escalate action on climate finance and activate projects and a strengthened institutional framework, ahead of the upcoming COP27. The event, which w…

Regional Forum on Investment and Financing for Climate Action in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Be Held at ECLAC

30 Aug 2022 | Announcement

High-level government authorities and officials from international organizations, along with representatives of the private sector, development and commercial banks and multilateral and bilateral cooperation partners, will participate in the Roundtable on Climate Finance and the Energy Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place on September 1-2 at the central headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The event, which will be held using a hybrid format (in-person and virtual), is one of the fi…

ECLAC Participated in Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week 2022

25 Jul 2022 | News

The Big Push for Sustainability proposal, the circular economy, the social price of carbon and climate action are some of the issues that the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) advanced during the Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week 2022, which was held on July 18-22 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The event was organized by UN Climate Change in collaboration with the UN Development Program (UNDP), the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Bank Group. ECLAC, the CAF–Development Bank of Latin America and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)…

WMO issues report State of Climate in Latin America and Caribbean

22 Jul 2022 | News

Extreme weather and climate change impacts including mega-drought, extreme rainfall, land and marine heatwaves and glacier melt are affecting the Latin America and the Caribbean region, from the Amazon to the Andes and from Pacific and Atlantic Ocean waters to the snowy depths of Patagonia. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2021 highlighted the far-reaching repercussions for ecosystems, food and water security, human health and poverty. Deforestation rates were the highest since 2009, in a blow for both the envir…

How to Follow the First meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement

19 Apr 2022 | News

The First meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement (COP 1) will take place April 20-22, 2022 at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The goal of this meeting is to review the state of the Agreement’s implementation and move forward on making it operational. The opening session will be held at 9 a.m. local time in Chile (GMT -4) on Wednesday, April 20. It will include Gabriel Boric, President of Chile; Epsy Campbell Barr, Vice President of Costa Rica (speaking virtually); Cecilia Nicolini, State Secretary f…

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