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ECLAC at the COP16 in Colombia: Standing Together for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

25 October 2024 | News

Under the motto of “Peace with Nature,” the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) is taking place from October 21 to November 1, 2024 in Cali, Colombia. This conference – the first to be held since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in 2022 – is bringing together scientists, representatives of government, international organizations, civil society and other key stakeholders to discuss global challenges for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (…

COP 3 Reinforced the Commitment to Mainstreaming the Gender Perspective and to Women’s Full and Effective Participation in the Implementation of the Escazú Agreement

25 April 2024 | News

At the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 3) 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 – countries adopted the Decision on Mainstreaming the Gender Perspective, which poses the urgency of integrating and strengthening the gender perspective, of ensuring the full and effective participation of women in all their diversity, including indigenous women, and of preventing discrimination and gender-based violence against women who are environmental d…

States Parties of the Escazú Agreement Approved Action Plan on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters

23 April 2024 | News

An Action Plan on human rights defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean was approved on the second day of the Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement, held on 22 to 24 April at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The objective of the action plan is to highlight a set of priority areas and implement strategic measures to advance towards the full and effective implementation of article 9 of the Escazú Agreement on human rights defenders in environmental matters in the Regional Agreement …

President of Chile will Inaugurate the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement

21 April 2024 | Announcement

The President of the Republic of Chile, Gabriel Boric, will preside over the inauguration of the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 3) 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 – tomorrow Monday, 22 April, at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The event, that will extend until April 24, will gather authorities from the region’s countries, representatives of regional and international organizations and members of the public, who wi…

Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement Will Be Held at ECLAC’s Headquarters in Santiago, Chile

17 April 2024 | Announcement

The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 3) 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 22-24 at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. Its main objective will be the consideration and approval of the Action Plan on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters, prepared in a participatory process under the leadership of the ad hoc Working Group coordinated by Chile, Ecuador and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Reports …

Second Annual Forum on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Be Held in Panama

22 September 2023 | Announcement

The Second Annual Forum on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place on September 26-28, 2023, in Panama City. The meeting is being organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in its capacity as Secretariat of the Escazú Agreement, in partnership with the Government of Panama, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), UN Women, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the support of the Worl…

First Meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the Escazú Agreement Will Take Place at ECLAC

4 August 2023 | Announcement

The First Meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – better known as the Escazú Agreement – will be held in person next Thursday, August 10 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The meeting’s main objective is for the committee’s inaugural members to formally assume their functions, in accordance with Decision II/1 of the Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 2), which took place last April in Argentina. A…

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

18 April 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…

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

17 April 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…

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

31 March 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…

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

21 February 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, …

Investment in Strategic Sectors and International Cooperation are Key to the Region’s Development in the Current, Critical Situation

25 October 2022 | News

Representatives of governments and international organizations recognized today the importance of investing in sectors that would promote economic growth, the decarbonization of economies and social inclusion in order to make progress on Latin America and the Caribbean’s sustainable development in the current context of crisis, on the second day of the thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which is taking place through Wednesday, October 26 in Argentina. The day began with the High-level seminar. Panel 3 - Sectoral investment and strategie…

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

19 April 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…

Chile’s President Will Inaugurate the First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement

18 April 2022 | Announcement

The President of the Republic of Chile, Gabriel Boric Font, will lead the inauguration of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 1) 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 – next Wednesday, April 20, at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. This event, which will take place through Friday, April 22, will for the first time convene authorities and official representatives of the countries that are already part of the region’s first …

First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement Will Take Place at ECLAC’s Headquarters

8 April 2022 | Announcement

The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 1) 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 20-22 at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. At this event, which for the first time will bring authorities and official representatives of the countries that are already part of the region’s first environmental treaty together with others in the process of joining, attendees will review progress on the Agreement’s impleme…

Multilateral Banks and OECD View Escazú Agreement as Critical for Creating a Climate of Sustained and Sustainable Investments

8 March 2022 | News

Representatives of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) highlighted today the relevance of the Escazú Agreement as a critical tool for generating certainty and stability in investments, at a side event during the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which is taking place th…

The Time Has Come to Bolster Access to Environmental Information, Participation and Justice, to Build a More Resilient and Sustainable World: Alicia Bárcena

15 July 2021 | News

At a side event to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2021, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), called for bolstering access to environmental information, public participation and justice to build a more resilient and sustainable world that empowers people and protects the planet. The event, Empowering people to protect the planet in a COVID-19 context: the contribution of SDG16 and environmental access rights to sustainable and resilient recovery, was organized by the governments of Costa Rica,…

Countries Will Celebrate the Escazú Agreement’s Entry into Force on International Mother Earth Day

19 April 2021 | Announcement

The States Parties 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 celebrate the treaty’s entry into force next Thursday, April 22, 2021, a date which also commemorates International Mother Earth Day. Having reached the required number of ratifications on January 22 of this year, the Agreement will go into effect as of April 22 for all the countries that have ratified it. It thereby becomes the first environmental treaty in Latin America and the Caribbea…

Escazú Agreement Celebrates Three Years Since its Adoption and Will Enter into Force on Mother Earth Day

4 March 2021 | News

Today, March 4, marks the three-year anniversary of the adoption of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, better known as the Escazú Agreement, which is the first environmental treaty in the region and the first in the world to contain specific provisions on human rights defenders in environmental matters. This date is of great importance because, having reached the required number of ratifications, the Agreement will enter into force on April 22, 2021, a date that also marks International …

ECLAC Celebrates Prompt Entry into Force of the Escazú Agreement and Highlights the Region’s Commitment to Sustainable Development and Human Rights

22 January 2021 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) celebrated today the prompt entry into force of 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 – and it highlighted the region’s commitment to protecting sustainable development and human rights. With the instruments of ratification of the United Mexican States and the Argentine Republic deposited at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the number of States Parties needed for the Agreement to e…

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