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XVI Ministerial Forum for Development to Harness the Power of Resilience to Overcome Development Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean

28 October 2024 | Announcement

WHAT: The XVI Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will discuss how the region can advance and protect social gains in the context of more frequent and intense shocks. This gathering builds on the discussions initiated at the XIII Ministerial Forum in Antigua and Barbuda in 2021, which discussed disasters and social protection systems in the context of protracted crises. The Forum is co-organized and hosted by the Government of Barbados with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Economic Commi…

ECLAC Supports Implementation of CELAC’s Climate Adaptation and Comprehensive Response to Natural Disasters Fund

20 September 2023 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), represented by its Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, participated on Tuesday, September 19 in the launch of the Climate Adaptation and Comprehensive Response to Natural Disasters Fund of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which was held at the site of Mexico’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, in New York, in the framework of the global organization’s 78th General Assembly. There, the UN regional commission reiterated its commitment to the Fund (known by its Spanish acronym, …

Countries Reaffirm the Importance of Generating More and Better Statistics for Decision-Making

25 August 2022 | News

Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries’ national statistics offices reaffirmed the importance of generating more and better data for decision-making and thereby giving visibility to the various problems that exist in the region, during the closing session of the twenty-first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas, which concluded today at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The event drew the participation of delegations from 28 of ECLAC’s Member States a…

The Complexity of the Climate Crisis in the Caribbean Necessitates a Data-based Response on a Global, Regional, National and Local Level

24 August 2022 | News

The complexity of the climate crisis in the Caribbean necessitates a data-based response on a global, regional, national and local level, according to the specialists gathered today at a subregional seminar entitled Strengthening environment, climate change and disaster information in the Caribbean, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in collaboration with PARIS21. During the event, which concludes on Wednesday, August 24, representatives of national statistics offices and the Environment Ministries of Caribbean countries, as well as international s…

WMO issues report State of Climate in Latin America and Caribbean

22 July 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…

Ministers Reaffirm Commitment to Implementing the Regional Gender Agenda and the Incorporation of Equality, Empowerment, and Autonomy of Women in Policies related to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction

3 February 2022 | News

The Ministers and High-Level Authorities of the national mechanisms for the advancement of women in Latin America and the Caribbean reaffirmed their commitment to take all necessary measures to accelerate the effective implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda and the international commitments related to gender equality, the autonomy of women, adolescents and girls and the full guarantee of their human rights. They also committed to mainstreaming the gender perspective into national environmental, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and disaster risk reduction policies, initiatives, a…

ECLAC Calls for Articulating Social Protection Systems with Disaster Risk Management Policies in Pursuit of a Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability in the Region

25 October 2021 | News

The crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased frequency and intensity of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean show the need to strengthen the links between social protection systems and disaster risk management policies in the region’s countries, with the aim of achieving greater social and institutional resilience and moving towards a transformative recovery with equality and sustainability, according to a new report presented today by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, in the framework of the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development i…

Social Development Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Discuss Disasters, Inequality and Social Protection Systems in the Current Context of Protracted Crisis

20 October 2021 | Announcement

Authorities from social ministries and agencies in the region’s countries will gather on October 26-28 to debate about vulnerability to disasters, the rise in inequality and the need to have universal, comprehensive, resilient and sustainable social protection systems, among other topics, during the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized virtually by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The regional ga…

Antigua and Barbuda Will Host the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

4 October 2021 | News

The fourth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place virtually from October 26-28, 2021. The event is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), which will hold its XIII Ministerial Forum for Development in LAC. In this session attended by social development authorities from around the region, ECLAC will present the document Disasters and inequality in a prolonged crisis: toward universal, integrated, r…

Urgent Support Must be Provided to Caribbean Countries So They Can Advance on Fulfilling the SDGs in the Context of the Pandemic

17 March 2021 | News

Government authorities, United Nations officials and representatives of civil society urged for providing urgent support to Caribbean countries so they can advance on fulfilling the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a context of acute financial weakness due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of natural disasters, among other factors, during a session of the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. The panel entitled Building forward better in the Caribbean post-COVID-19: Critical issues to keep the 2030…

ECLAC Reaffirms its Commitment to Supporting Caribbean Countries on Their Path Towards a Sustainable Recovery with Equality

24 June 2020 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) ratified its commitment to supporting Caribbean countries on their path towards a sustainable recovery with greater equality after the crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, during a high-level virtual meeting held with ministers and authorities from more than 10 countries in the subregion. The 7th Council of Ministers on Environmental Sustainability of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) took place this Wednesday, June 24, under the outgoing presidency of Martinique and the incoming presidency of Saint Luci…

ECLAC Prepares New Study on Innovation in Disaster Risk Mitigation in the Caribbean

22 June 2020 | News

Caribbean countries face vulnerabilities that include high exposure to the devastating impact of climate change and natural disasters. At the same time, heavy indebtedness and serious structural and fiscal constraints limit their ability to make adequate investments in climate change adaptation and risk mitigation. As a result, the subregion anticipates with great anxiety the advent of the hurricane season every year which threatens the long-term environmental, economic and social development of Caribbean countries, further compounding their high levels of public debt, limited capacity t…

Methodologies for the construction of environmental, climate change and disaster indicators in Uruguay

19 February 2020 | News

From February 17th to 20th, 2020, the course-workshop "Methodologies for the construction of environmental, climate change and disaster indicators" was held within the context of the ECLAC-BMZ/giz Cooperation Program. The event, organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Statistics Division, also received the collaboration of the National Secretariat of Environment, Water and Climate Change, the Ministry of Housing, Land Management and Environment, the National Institute of Statistics and the National Emergency System of Uruguay. The meeting…

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…

ECLAC meeting analyses flooding in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

25 July 2019 | News

Intense rainfall, storm surges and hurricanes have resulted in an increased number of flooding events in the Caribbean over recent times. The economic impacts of such events in Jamaica and in Trinidad and Tobago, were at the centre of discussions this morning, when regional technicians gathered for an expert group meeting (EGM) hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean. Discussions during the meeting were guided by an upcoming study by ECLAC Caribbean, entitled `An Economic Analysis of Flooding in the Caribbean – T…

New ECLAC policy brief prepares Caribbean countries for natural disasters

19 March 2019 | News

Through the publication of a new policy brief, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean has identified strengths and weaknesses in the DRM strategies of member states and how these can be mainstreamed in development plans and policies. The brief which is entitled `Mainstreaming disaster risk management (DRM) strategies in development instruments” and focuses on Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago’. It presents policy recommendations to strengthen the role of DRM and to improve the use of resource…

ECLAC publishes disaster assessment exercise guide

8 November 2018 | News

ECLAC has been a pioneer in the field of disaster assessment and in the development and dissemination of the Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) methodology. Following several devastating hurricanes, earthquakes and other natural disasters over the last few years in Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC has carried out several successful DaLA missions. Now ECLAC has introduced a Disaster Assessment Methodology Exercise Guide, developed for the DaLA trainings. The guide consists of 12 practical exercises about how to estimate the effects on several sectors including electricity, educatio…

ECLAC ensures Caribbean countries are better equipped to deal with disasters

26 October 2018 | News

Three Caribbean countries will benefit from disaster training workshops over the last quarter of this year. Between October and December 2018, a team of experts from the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, led by the Coordinator of the Sustainable Development and Disaster Unit, Dr. Omar Bello, will conduct Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) trainings in Anguilla, the Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos islands. The training courses are offered as a follow-up to the disaster assessment missions carried out last year to quan…

First ECLAC disaster training for Cuba targets environment experts

18 October 2018 | News

Environment experts, from Cuba are now better equipped to evaluate the impact of disasters using Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) methodology developed by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This following a DaLA training workshop conducted by a team from ECLAC’s subregional headquarters for the Caribbean from 11 to 13 October 2018, in Havana. The course introduced the multisector approach of the DaLA Methodology to evaluate the impact of disaster using economic estimates of the damages, losses and additional costs and with a strong focus on the environmental…

Timely Disaster Training for Tobago Officials

25 June 2018 | News

With the “rainy” season in Trinidad and Tobago already beginning, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean took its Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) methodology training to Tobago from 23-25 May 2018. Some of the areas that were covered over the three days included an introduction and basic concepts of the Disaster Assessment Methodology, the role of planning in disaster risk management and its impact on the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), how the population can be affected, and how areas such …

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