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The Environmental Legal Clinics Alliance issues a public statement on the Escazú Agreement

23 August 2019 | Briefing note

In the framework of the 1st Regional Congress of Legal clinics “from the streets to the courts: the reality of clinical education in Latin America” organized by the Faculty of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), the first meeting of environmental legal clinics took place on 8 and 10 August 2019 with the participation of Faculties of Law of Universities in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Peru.…

CEPAL propõe coordenação de políticas fiscais para um grande impulso a investimentos sustentáveis no Brasil

22 July 2019 | Briefing note

(Brasília, 23 de julho de 2019) O Escritório da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) das Nações Unidas no Brasil contribuiu com um texto para o blog da Green Fiscal Policy Network, uma rede liderada pela ONU-Meio Ambiente, Fundo Monetário Internacional (FMI) e Cooperação Técnica Alemã (GIZ). No texto, são apresentados os principais destaques do relatório recente da CEPAL sobre o tema no Brasil e se propõe um conjunto coordenado de políticas fiscais para dar impulso a um novo ciclo de desenvolvimento socioeconômico com a sustentabilidade ambiental no centro. Texto “A Big …

ECLAC takes part in the 6th Council of Ministers on Environmental Sustainability of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

22 May 2019 | Briefing note

The 6th Council of Ministers of Environmental Sustainability of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), was held in Fort-de-France, Martinique, between 15 and 17 May 2019, under the theme “Towards a Sustainable Caribbean Society: Reinforcing Strategic and Durable Partnerships for Advancing Sustainable Development in the Eastern Caribbean.”…

The Escazú Agreement is highlighted at the Second Uruguayan Congress of Environmental Law

17 May 2019 | Briefing note

At the Second Uruguayan Congress of Environmental Law, organized by the National Directorate of Environment (DINAMA) of the Ministry of Housing, Land Planning and Environment, the Center for Environmental Law (CDA-Uruguay) of the Faculty of Law (University of the Republic), and the Commission on Environmental Law of the Bar Association of Uruguay, was held in Montevideo on 14 and 15 May 2019.…

The Escazú Agreement at the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

26 April 2019 | Briefing note

The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (“Escazú Agreement”) was highlighted on numerous occasions during the Third Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago from 24 to 26 April 2019.…

Regional expert meeting on emerging human rights and planetary human responsibilities highlights the Escazú Agreement

1 April 2019 | Briefing note

In its capacity as technical secretariat of the Escazú Agreement, ECLAC participated in the Regional expert meeting on emerging human rights and planetary human responsibilities and the Regional symposium on planetary human responsibilities in the context of the climate crisis: contributions for the global debate on the rights of future generations in the international system , that took place in Cusco (Peru) between 27 and 28 March 2019.…

Escazú Agreement is highlighted in report of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment

3 March 2019 | Briefing note

In his last report to the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, David R. Boyd, focused on the right to breathe clean air. He also described the negative impact of air pollution on the enjoyment of many human rights, in particular the right to life and the right to health, in particular by vulnerable groups.…

The Escazú Agreement at COP24 on climate change

12 December 2018 | Briefing note

The recently adopted Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (“Escazú Agreement”) was highlighted in two events during the 24th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Katowice, Poland.…

The Escazú Agreement at COP14 on Biodiversity

26 November 2018 | Briefing note

The Escazú Agreement was presented at the side event “Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and environmental democracy through Human Rights, Nature Rights and the Escazú Agreement” held on 26 November 2018 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in the framework of the 14th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).…

United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment highlights recently adopted ECLAC Regional Agreement on environmental access rights

29 March 2018 | Briefing note

In the framework of his participation at the 37th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, John H. Knox, emphasized the importance of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean recently adopted on 4 March 2018 in Escazú, Costa Rica.…

President of Costa Rica highlights the future regional agreement on Principle 10 at the 72nd General Assembly of the United Nations

5 October 2017 | Briefing note

On 19 September 2017, in the framework of the general debate of the 72nd General Assembly of the United Nations, the President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, informed the plenary of the progress made in the negotiation of the regional agreement on access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

The developments of the regional process on Principle 10 and its links with the 2030 Agenda are reported at the Forum of Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

28 April 2017 | Briefing note

At the Forum of Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development being held in Mexico City, from 26 to 28 April 2017, the Vice-Minister of Environment of Costa Rica, Patricia Madrigal, presented the developments of the negotiation process and highlighted its impacts on environmental governance and the protection of human rights.…

Database for assessing impacts of climate change on coastal areas in Latin America and the Caribbean

7 November 2016 | Briefing note

As part of a joint project, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Spanish Climate Change Office of (part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment of Spain), and the Environmental Hydraulics Institute of the University of Cantabria have developed a specific methodology for assessing impacts of climate change on coastal areas, which is available to the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. This methodology allows the analysis of changes in the coastal dynamics, the influence of climate variability, and information on coastal vulnerabilit…

United Nations World Economic and Social Survey 2016 recognizes importance of Principle 10 for climate change resilience

19 October 2016 | Briefing note

The Survey asserts that the rights of access to information, participation and justice are key to tackle inequalities and build climate change resilience strategies. These rights not only ensure that the environmental problems affecting disadvantaged groups and vulnerable communities are adequately addressed but also that policy decisions take into consideration the needs of those groups.…

United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders urges negotiating parties in Latin America and the Caribbean to expedite the conclusion of the regional agreement on Principle 10

30 September 2016 | Briefing note

In his last report submitted to the United Nations General Assembly, dated 3 August 2016 (A/71/281), the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders refers to the dangers faced by the defenders to a safe and healthy environment. In view of the situation in the region, the Special Rapporteur urges negotiating parties in Latin America and the Caribbean to expedite the conclusion of the regional agreement on Principle 10.…

ECLAC participates in the celebrations of the International Day for Universal Access to Information in Latin America

30 September 2016 | Briefing note

In the framework of the celebrations of the first International Day for Universal Access to Information in Latin America, held in Asunción (Paraguay) on 28 September 2016 under the motto "Access to public information: More citizenship, more democracy, more development", ECLAC took part in the Panel "The right to information in the 21st century. Developments in public policies on access to information in Latin America and the world".…

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