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The Escazú Agreement at COP30 on climate change

8 Nov 2025 | Briefing note

The Escazú Agreement will be highlighted in the following events organized with the support of ECLAC in the framework of the 30th Conference of the Parties to UNFCCC: 11 November 2025 10:15am-12:45pm. Acesso à Informação, Participação e Justiça em assuntos ambientais e o Acordo de Escazú. Escazú Brasil. CoP do Povo, Travessa Piedade, 426 - Bairro Reduto 12 November 2025 11:30am-12:30pm. “Challenges for Environmental Protection in Democracies: The Struggles of Environmental Human Rights Defenders”. Club de Madrid, Spain Pavilion, Blue zone 1:15pm-2.15 pm. Aligning climate action …

ECLAC called for placing the right to care at the center of public policies during the United Nations International Day of Care and Support commemoration

29 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

During the third United Nations International Day of Care and Support, held in Geneva, Ana Güezmes, Director of the Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC, underscored the historic opportunity represented by the care society proposal that Latin America and the Caribbean brings to the world as a new paradigm for sustainable development, equality and peace, one that places the sustainability of life and the care of people and the planet at its core.…

As ECLAC Launches New Study on State of Caribbean Poverty Statistics, T&T Ministry Says: Statistics Must Change Lives

23 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

Trinidad and Tobago’s Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of the People, Social Development and Family Services, Dr. Natalie Chaitan-Maharaj, says, “Statistics can’t just remain in reports but must translate into action that changes lives.” The Parliamentary Secretary was speaking at ECLAC’s Calculate to Eradicate – Symposium on Statistics for Poverty Reduction in the Caribbean, which took place on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.…

Day 2 | Regional Water Dialogues 2025 LAC - Session 3 — Water and Agriculture: Solutions for Water Availability and Land Tenure Governance in LAC

10 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

The panel began with ministerial interventions from Honduras and Brazil, who addressed topics ranging from planning to the impact on the territory. Honduras emphasized that irrigation must be a state policy and a lever for national food sovereignty . Meanwhile, Brazil indicated that the expected outcome is to achieve water security with social legitimacy and endogenous financing, all aligned with a value-added development agenda . Minister Laura Suazo highlighted the country's "water paradox"—an abundance of resources with low utilization for irrigation—and presented a 20-year agri-food …

Latin America and the Caribbean strengthen cooperation in transboundary waters: trust, dialogue, and solid institutional frameworks

9 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

Within the framework of the Fifth Regional Water Dialogues for Latin America and the Caribbean, the International Seminar on Transboundary Waters, "Strengthening the Governance of Transboundary Water Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean: Regulatory Frameworks, Agreements, and Climate Adaptation," was held on October 8 and 9, 2025, at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile.…

5th Regional Water Dialogues | Opening remarks by the Secretary of the Commission, Mr. Luis Fidel Yáñez, during the session on Cooperation and Investment for Water Security in Shared Basins

9 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

Within the framework of the V Regional Water Dialogues for Latin America and the Caribbean , the International Seminar on Transboundary Waters was held: “Strengthening the governance of transboundary water resources in Latin America and the Caribbean, with an opening message by the Secretary of the ECLAC Commission, Mr. Luis Fidel Yánez . He called for a move from declarations to institutionality , from diagnoses to enabling investments , and from sectoral coordination to territorial coherence to accelerate measurable results in shared basins and aquifers. “Cooperation ceases to be a dec…

Launch of the Regional Investment Initiative in Water and Climate Resilience and formation of the High-Level Panel of Heads of State and Leaders

9 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

Santiago, Chile, October 9, 2025 - Within the framework of the Regional Water Week for Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 , held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), a process was launched aimed at transforming the way the region addresses its water and climate challenges. During the high-level session, the Regional Investment Initiative in Water and Climate Resilience was launched , which seeks to mobilize at least US$20 billion in climate-resilient investments by 2030.…

The Seventh Meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the Escazú Agreement was held in Panama

9 Oct 2025 | Briefing note

The Seventh Meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance (CSIC) of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement) was held on Thursday, 9 October 2025, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., at the Ciudad del Saber in Panama City. Objective of the Meeting The purpose of the meeting was to report on the activities carried out by the Committee since its previous session in April 2025, including the periodic dialogues with the Parties and progress in the thematic rapporteurship…

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