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Republic of Korea and ECLAC Renew their Cooperation Agreement with Emphasis on Education and the Labor Market, the Energy Transition and Ageing in the Region

20 Mar 2024 | News

The government of the Republic of Korea and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) bolstered their strategic ties today upon renewing their cooperation agreement with an emphasis on strengthening education and vocational training, digital inclusion, opportunities and challenges for resilient investments in renewable energy, and the productive integration of older persons. The 2024 annual cooperation programme was signed by Kim Hak Jae, the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador in Chile, and José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, during a meeting held …

ECLAC Will Present Special Report on the Opportunities and Challenges that Lithium Poses for Latin America and the Caribbean

29 Jun 2023 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, July 6 a new special report entitled Lithium extraction and industrialization: Opportunities and challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean, in which it examines the role of the region’s lithium-producing countries (mainly Argentina, Bolivia and Chile) in the global value chain of lithium-ion batteries (the main use of lithium currently), as well as the governance, regulatory and fiscal regimes that determine how the exploitation of that mineral functions in the “lithium triangle” countries. The r…

The Region’s Countries Evaluated the Implementation of Four SDGs on the Second Day of the Forum on Sustainable Development

27 Apr 2023 | News

Representatives of government, international organizations, the private sector, civil society and academia shared experiences, good practices and challenges today in relation to fulfilling the 2030 Agenda’s SDG 6 (Clean water and sanitation), SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy), SDG 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure) and SDG 11 (Sustainable cities and communities), on the second day of the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. The Forum, which has drawn more than 1,000 participants, was officially inaugurated on Wedn…

New Study by ECLAC Analyzes the Impacts of the War in Ukraine on Uruguay’s Economy

23 Dec 2022 | News

What impact has the war in Ukraine had on the Uruguayan economy? A new publication of the Studies and Perspectives Series of ECLAC’s Office in Montevideo analyzes these precise effects. The study entitled Economic Impacts of the War in Ukraine: A View from the Region and Uruguay (in Spanish only) verifies initially that this war represents a crisis of major proportions that overlaps with others that are also very significant, such as the financial crisis of 2008 and the pandemic crisis – which constitute what ECLAC has called a “cascade of crises.” As a result, the world and Latin America and …

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…

New Study by ECLAC Analyzes the State of the Most Widely Consumed Fuel in Mexico: Natural Gas

26 Sep 2022 | News

The consumption of natural gas in Mexico has grown considerably in recent years to the point of becoming the energy source with the largest participation in primary energy consumption, mainly due to its greater use in electricity generation as a substitute for coal and crude oil and its by-products. According to a recent study published by the Subregional Headquarters in Mexico of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), natural gas has been the most widely consumed fuel in that country since 2014; its participation in the energy basket exceeds 48% and remains on th…

ECLAC Will Present a New Report Analyzing the War in Ukraine’s Socioeconomic Effects on Latin America and the Caribbean

31 May 2022 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present next Monday, June 6, a new policy brief in which it examines the economic and social impact of the war in Ukraine on the region, and offers countries recommendations on how to address its effects. The new document – entitled Repercussions in Latin America and the Caribbean of the war in Ukraine: how should the region face this new crisis? – analyzes economic and social variables as well as the different sectors of the regional economy that have been affected by the armed conflict that began in February of this yea…

Climate Change Impacts Require Action Not Only at a National Level but also at a Regional and Global Level, ECLAC Stresses

24 Sep 2021 | News

“The impacts of climate change require action not only at a national level, but also at a regional and global level. We have options, but we must understand which ones are national, regional or global,” Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stressed today during a side event to the UN High-level Dialogue on Energy that is taking place this Friday, September 24 in the framework of the global organization’s 76th General Assembly. The event, entitled Challenges and Opportunities for Harnessing Climate & SDG Synergies: the r…

Latin America and the Caribbean Has All the Right Conditions to Become a Renewable Energy Hub with Great Potential in Green Hydrogen

22 Jun 2021 | News

The renewable energy sector is a powerful engine of growth, job creation and innovation. We must start by giving access to electricity to the 20 million Latin Americans who still do not have it, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), indicated today during a high-level panel held in the framework of Latin America Energy Week, organized by the international company Siemens Energy. ECLAC’s highest authority participated in the session of the event entitled “Energizing society to ensure successful and sustainable growth,” the c…

Government of France and ECLAC Sign Cooperation Agreement to Support a Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability in the Region

3 Mar 2021 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of France renewed their cooperation agreement to support initiatives that the United Nations regional organization is carrying out with the region’s countries to promote a transformative recovery from the crisis prompted by the effects of COVID-19 and fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially in relation to environmental matters. The agreement was signed today by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and the Ambassador of France in Chile, Roland Dubertrand, during a virtua…

ECLAC, CGEE, EPE and the IEA Present Overview of Investments in Clean Energy Innovation in Brazil

22 Dec 2020 | News

The Brazil Office of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Center for Strategic Studies and Management (CGEE), Brazil’s Energy Research Office (EPE) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) held on October 23, 2020 a webinar entitled “Energy Big Push: Accelerating clean energy innovation in Brazil”. The Energy Big Push (EBP) or Grande Impulso Energia Brasil is a collaborative initiative that seeks to provide evidence to promote innovation investments for a sustainable energy transition in Brazil, thereby contributing to an Energy Big Push. Coo…

ECLAC: Concrete Opportunities Exist for Deepening the Partnership between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union with a View to a Green, Digital, Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery

14 Dec 2020 | News

"COVID-19 represents a time of choices. Both regions – Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean – need to take urgent measures to overcome the current health and economic crisis and to build a new path for development in the framework of a renewed partnership," Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said today during a high-level meeting between foreign affairs ministers from both regions that was organized by the Government of Germany. In her remarks, Bárcena stressed the importance of middle-income countries and the debat…

ECLAC Presents Cases of Transformative Investments for a Sustainable Economy in Brazil

22 Jun 2020 | News

On May 26, a web seminar entitled “Big Push for Sustainability” was held by ECLAC in collaboration with the Global Compact Network Brazil. The objective of this webinar was to launch the Repositório de casos sobre o Big Push para a Sustentabilidade no Brasil. This repository makes available 66 case studies in the context of the “Big Push for Sustainability” in that country. These studies describe experiences and examples of actions, measures, plans, strategies, programs, policies, etc. that have given risen to a set of investments with a positive impact on the social, economic and environmenta…

We Must Move Towards a New Vision of Development that is More Innovative, Diversified and Inclusive: Alicia Bárcena

2 Mar 2020 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, urged the region’s countries to think about development in a different way to move towards a more innovative, diversified and inclusive vision, during a high-level event held today in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ECLAC’s highest authority was one of the main speakers at the seminar “Challenges for growth and development in Latin America,” organized by CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, in conjunction with the Argentine government. Bárcena participated on a panel about challenges rela…

ECLAC meeting to discuss role of renewable energy in response to climate change

23 Nov 2018 | News

Caribbean energy experts are set to address the challenges that climate change poses to the energy sector. To do so, they will discuss the application of renewable energy policies at an upcoming meeting hosted by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean. The increasing impact of climate change across the Caribbean calls for a common and shared understanding among policy makers of the challenges posed to the energy sector, as well as for a coordinated disaster risk management approach and response strategy. Renewable e…

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…

Caribbean experts discuss energy efficiency at ECLAC meeting

21 Jun 2018 | News

Energy experts from Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago discussed their experiences in gathering and analysing EE, as well as the challenges and lessons learnt in gathering EE data, in the context of the final training workshop of a project focused on the Development of a Database of Energy Efficiency Indicators (BIEE), which was hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean. The training, which was the last in a series of workshops held at intervals over the last 12 months, facilitated a review of the first set of coun…

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 …

ECLAC provides energy specialists with new energy efficiency tools

19 Dec 2017 | News

On 11-12 December, ECLAC Caribbean organized a workshop to train national focal points in the energy efficiency and environment sectors on the use of the Database of Energy Efficiency Indicators (BIEE) methodology. The workshop, which was held at ECLAC Caribbean headquarters in Port of Spain, was organized with the support of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME). The workshop, which was held at ECLAC Caribbean headquarters in Port of Spain on 11-12 December, was organized with the support of the German …

ECLAC report outlines how Caribbean countries can transition to energy efficient transportation

18 Jul 2017 | News

Caribbean governments can turn high fuel costs for official vehicles into huge savings on public expenditure, by switching to electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. This means that instead of paying close to US $3 per gallon, the fuel cost for a regular size light duty battery electric vehicle would be about 2.5 cents per mile. These and other findings can be found in a new report from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, entitled `Promoting energy efficiency in government transportation systems: A transiti…

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