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José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs at COP28: We Have a Historic Opportunity to Transform Development Models and Build a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Future

1 Dec 2023 | News

“The world leaders gathered here in Dubai in the coming days face a historic opportunity to transform development models into more productive, inclusive and sustainable ones,” José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stressed today during his first official activity in the framework of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), which is taking place through Tuesday, December 12 in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The United Nations regional org…

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…

UN Regional Commissions Launch Policy Brief on Transforming Food Systems

23 Sep 2021 | News

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the world’s fragilities, including the weaknesses of our food systems which exacerbate hunger, obesity, poverty, political instabilities and economic crises. To overcome common and regional challenges, the five UN regional commissions have been working jointly on devising harmonized pathways and proposing game changers that can transform food systems, reverse their current performance and improve their outcomes. This collaboration resulted in the launch of a joint policy brief entitled Transforming Food Systems for the Food Systems Summit, held on 23 Sept…

Authorities and Specialists Addressed Challenges and Opportunities for Building More Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems in the Region

15 Jul 2021 | News

Ministers and high-level authorities from Latin American and Caribbean countries, along with United Nations officials and representatives of specialized organizations, exchanged views about the challenges and opportunities for building more inclusive, sustainable and resilient food systems, during a virtual regional dialogue organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the collaboration of the United Nations funds, agencies and programs present in the region. The event, entitled Iden…

What is the Bioeconomy and How Developed is it in Latin America and the Caribbean

14 Dec 2017 | News

“There is great potential in Latin America for developing the bioeconomy as an alternative for diversifying production and adding value in the rural setting, especially in the agricultural and agroindustrial sectors,” indicates a new study published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), entitled Bioeconomía en América Latina y el Caribe: contexto global y regional y perspectivas (Bioeconomy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Global and Regional Context and Perspectives). Despite this potential, the concept has received little public policy attention from coun…

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