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ECLAC Recognizes Mexico’s Progress on Energy Efficiency for Achieving the 2030 Agenda Goals

25 Jun 2018 | News

In Mexico, energy consumption in the residential sector was reduced by 45.9% thanks to targeted public policies, meaning that if the same effort is made with industry, commerce and services, transportation and agriculture, the country will be able to achieve the target of doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency as part of Sustainable Development Goal 7, according to the National Report on Monitoring the Energy Efficiency of Mexico, 2018 (available only in Spanish). The research indicates that “Mexico is one of the countries in Latin America with a greater tradition and imp…

Countries Agree to Create Forum to Promote a Sustainable Energy Future in the Region

16 Mar 2018 | News

The officials responsible for energy planning in seven countries of the region met in Brazil on March 6, 2018 to discuss, identify and define the necessary steps for creating the “Regional Technical Forum of Energy Planners,” a space for sharing experiences and promoting modern planning aimed at greater energy security and affordable energy for all. The preparatory meeting – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in association with Brazil’s Energy Research Company (EPE) – took place in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and brought together representatives …

Infrastructure Investment in Latin American and Caribbean Countries Remains Below the Needs of the Region

15 May 2017 | News

Latin American and Caribbean countries should invest around 6.2% of their annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to meet their infrastructure needs, but according to recent figures (2015) released by ECLAC, investment only amounts to 2.3% of GDP. According to the INFRALATAM database, which brings together data on the economic infrastructure investments being made by the region’s countries, 1.5% of these capital inflows around 2015 corresponded to the public sector while the remaining 0.8% came from the private sector. Furthermore, it can be seen that the amount of investment as a proportion of GD…

Latin America and the Caribbean Have Great Potential for Strengthening their Economic and Cooperative Ties with China

9 Dec 2016 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean have great potential for improving their economic and cooperative ties with China, a country that has already become the region’s second-largest trading partner, according to a new ECLAC document presented during the visit made by President Xi Jinping to the headquarters of the United Nations Regional Commission in Santiago, Chile, on 22 November 2016. The report Economic Relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and China: Opportunities and Challenges (in Spanish) was presented by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, at the Summit of Media …

ECLAC to Hold Governance Week on Natural Resources and Infrastructure

2 Nov 2016 | Announcement

Some 15 ministers and vice-ministers responsible for energy, mining, infrastructure, environment and natural resources from 21 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and other regions of the world, along with authorities, business leaders and international experts, are to meet at ECLAC Headquarters in Santiago, Chile, on 7 to 11 November to examine ECLAC’s proposals and lines of action in the area of natural resources and infrastructure within the framework of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This high-level gathering, which has been styled …

ECLAC Will Present a Proposal on Inland Waterways Classification for South America at a Global Conference

1 Sep 2016 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present a proposal on inland waterways classification for the countries of South America during the Ninth International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries, which will be held from October 16 to October 21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The document was prepared by the United Nations regional organization’s Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division (NRID) and was published in the Bulletin of Facilitation of Transport and Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean (FAL) last February. According…

The Importance of Logistical Infrastructure for the Sustainable Exploitation of Natural Resources

21 Jun 2016 | News

During the first decade of this century, the rise in the prices of natural resources fueled the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean. However, the region has been unable to generate a virtuous process to sustainably take advantage of this wealth. For this reason, a new governance of natural resources is needed that ensures that the benefits of their exploitation are sustainable and that they are transformed into a concrete contribution to full development, helping to reduce existing inequalities, ECLAC indicates in its book Towards a New Governance of Natural Resources in Latin America…

Speaker of the Swedish Parliament and ECLAC’s Experts Shared Views on Latin America and the Caribbean

8 Mar 2016 | News

On an official visit to Chile, the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament Urban Ahlin participated on Monday, March 7 in a round table at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, in which they addressed the region’s economic, social and environmental challenges. The senior official and his delegation, formed by Kiefer Jakob, Sweden’s Ambassador to Chile and other representatives of the Swedish Parliament, the Embassy of Sweden in Chile and the Chilean-Swedish Institute of Culture, were received by ECLAC’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Antoni…

Haiti Makes Progress on Modernizing its Port Sector

1 Mar 2016 | News

On the occasion of a course on sustainable logistics, mobility and energy efficiency carried out by ECLAC’s Division of Natural Resources and Infrastructure in late January 2016, officials from that division visited the rebuilding works of the container terminal at Port-au- Prince’s International Port, in Haiti, which suffered severe damage during the earthquake of 2010. Accompanied by representatives of that country’s National Port Authority (NPA), the experts viewed the first 150 linear meters (of 410 meters total) of the terminal’s Northern Wharf, inaugurated on January 22, 2016. This is th…

Coordinated Policies on Logistics and Mobility Are Key to Achieving Sustainable Development in the Region

3 Dec 2015 | News

A large proportion of regional exports (of natural resources, maquila goods and perishable products, for example) are highly sensitive to logistics costs or delivery delays, since variations in transportation costs, infrastructure shortages or deficient facilitation can leave them out of the market. Therefore, it is essential to coordinate logistics and mobility policies, ECLAC says in a new report. In the document Logistics and Mobility Policies for Sustainable Development and Regional Integration (in Spanish only), the United Nations regional commission provides a general framework for…

ECLAC and PAHO Will Analyze Road Safety and Its Importance to Sustainable Development

9 Sep 2015 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will hold a side event about road safety in the region in the framework of the Second Global High-Level Conference on this topic, which will take place in Brazil on November 18-19, 2015. According to both United Nations organizations, safe, convenient and accessibly priced mobility is one of the premises of sustainable development and the post-2015 agenda goals. For that reason, road safety must be part of public policy at a national and regional level. Participants in the side e…

ECLAC and MIT Sloan School of Management Organize Seminar on the Future of Energy

13 Aug 2015 | Announcement

Authorities in the region, scholars from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), international officials and business leaders will meet on August 18-19 at the seminar The Future of Energy: Latin America’s Path to Sustainability, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the MIT Sloan School of Management. The event, which will be held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, is being carried out in the framework of the UN Secretary-General’s initiative “Sustainable Energy for ALL” (SE4ALL), which aims to ensure universal access to sustaina…

ECLAC disaster assessment package targets policy makers and children in Costa Rica

31 Jul 2015 | News

Policy makers and children in Costa Rica will soon be better prepared to prevent and deal with disasters, as ECLAC Caribbean brings its disaster assessment package to the country. Officials from ECLAC Caribbean will visit Costa Rica from 3-5 August, at the invitation of the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy (MIDEPLAN) to deliver training, this time not to emergency responders but instead to government policy makers, with emphasis on disaster assessment, pre-disaster preparation, prevention and incorporation of risk reduction policies. The training will benefit the new environme…

Preliminary data for 2014: world container trade and throughput; continuing decline in the dynamism of Latin America and the Caribbean

20 Feb 2015 | News

The latest Maritime & Logistics Bulletin from the Infrastructure and Services Unit delivers preliminary data for 2014 on the evolution of world container trade and port throughput in the region. According to preliminary data from a sample of 70% of total port movements in the region, Latin America and the Caribbean experienced a 3% growth in container movements during 2014 in comparison with the previous year. In 2013, the increase was 3.6% for the same sample, which points to a further decrease in the regional dynamism, already on a steady decline since 2010.…

ECLAC Urges Countries to Strengthen Regional Integration Initiatives on Infrastructure

2 Dec 2014 | News

Although the region has numerous initiatives aimed at integrating infrastructure matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, further action must be taken to promote a unified regional vision to confront development challenges in this area. According to ECLAC's research, investment in infrastructure is insufficient to cover the economy's needs and demands and an annual layout of 6.2% of gross domestic product (GDP) would be needed through 2020 to settle this debt. During the meetings of the Council of Ibero-American Road Directors (DIRCAIBEA) and the World Road Association (AIPCR/PIARC), …

At ECLAC, Road Sector Representatives Address Challenges for Sustainable Development

29 Oct 2014 | News

Road sector authorities and experts from 35 countries will gather until Friday, October 31, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile to analyze the sector’s challenges on the path towards sustainable development. The officials will analyze along with various industry actors the general issues and main trends in construction and highway management, as well as transportation facilitation, the mitigation of its external impacts and the functioning of public-private alliances. The meeting of the Council of the World Road Associat…

Natural Resources Governance and Energy Efficiency Will Be Analyzed at Two Events

1 Sep 2014 | Announcement

Authorities from the region's countries and experts at international organizations will meet on November 26 at the Commission's headquarters in Santiago, Chile, at the high-level roundtable A Latin American view on the governance of natural resources for equality, where they will discuss and explore in depth the current paradigm for exploiting these resources. In recent years, Latin American and Caribbean countries have lived through a period of high prices for their natural resources, but the region has not taken advantage of the investment potential of these surpluses to move towards develop…

Energy Efficiency Strategies Are Urgently Needed to Improve Competitiveness of Region's Ports

2 Jun 2014 | News

More than 95% of South America's exports is moved through ports. Therefore, the energy consumption of the port infrastructure is increasingly relevant to the competitiveness and sustainability of infrastructure services and the activities of the transport and logistics sector. This point is emphasized in a report by ECLAC's Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division that was published recently in the latest edition of the FAL Bulletin on Facilitation of Transport and Trade in Latin America. According to the study, the traffic of refrigerated containers with perishable goods in Sou…

ECLAC Promotes Better Governance of Natural Resources to Maximize their Contribution to Regional Development

5 Mar 2014 | News

In a new publication, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) poses the need to promote better governance of natural resources in the region to maximize their contribution to development with equality and sustainability, as well as to foster the long-term structural change associated with innovation and technological development that reduces dependence on extractive sectors. The report, entitled Natural resources: status and trends towards a regional development agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean, is an ECLAC contribution to the debates inside …

Germany's Government Seeks ECLAC's Support for Regional Initiative on Sustainable Management of Mining Resources

26 Dec 2013 | News

The First Secretary of Economic, Technological-Scientific and Cooperation Matters at Germany's Embassy in Chile, Annette Weerth, visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, on Friday, December 20. That day she delivered an official note to the director of the United Nations organization's Programme Planning and Operations Division, Raúl García-Buchaca, in which Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) requested ECLAC's support to implement a regional cooperation project for the sustainable managem…

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