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Protagonist Parliaments: the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC) is announced at COP 26

9 Nov 2021 | Briefing note

At a parallel event at the 26th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Frameworks Convention on Climate Change (COP 26), in a hybrid form (in-person at the COP 26 venue at Glasgow and virtual by means of a digital platform), on 9 November, over ten Parliamentary leaders from Latin-American and Caribbean countries, jointly with Parliamentarians from Spain and the United Kingdom, announced the creation of the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC).…

ECLAC’s role in universal access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services and facilities

16 Jun 2021 | Briefing note

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held a bilateral meeting on February 18, 2021 with the Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Drinking Water and Sanitation, Mr. Pedro Arrojo, to present their outstanding work and collaborate together in region's benefit. The drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector is made up of several actors, ranging from users to service providers (which can be public, private, formal and informal community), organizations of aid, international donors and partner states to international and regional organizations. In order t…

UN releases infrastructure asset management handbook

23 Feb 2021 | Briefing note

“Managing Infrastructure Assets for Sustainable Development” , made by UN/DESA and UNCDF, counted with contributions from the DDSAH - ECLAC. A series of online dialogues is programmed.…

COSEFIN, ECLAC and SDC present new project on public investment, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable and inclusive adaptation to climate change

2 Mar 2020 | Briefing note

The Executive Secretariat of the Council of Finance Ministers of Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (Spanish acronym: SE-COSEFIN), along with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) officially launched the project Capacity Building for the Incorporation of Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable and Inclusive Adaptation to Climate Change in Public Investment in COSEFIN/SICA Member Countries in San Salvador, El Salvador. The goal of the project is to contribute to the reduction of losses an…

ECLAC Launches New Book Showing Paths to Development in Brazil

3 Sep 2019 | Briefing note

The organization’s office in Brasilia has organized a book that brings together essays with contributions on tackling structural economic “bottlenecks” and harnessing opportunities for the country’s development.…

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

22 Jul 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 …

I am a Youth of a Small Island - International Competition

24 Jun 2019 | Briefing note

The “I am a Youth of a Small Island” international competition is being organised by the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and other UN Partners to mark the mid-term review of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA Pathway).…

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 Apr 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 Apr 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.…

ECLAC releases 2 new publications

26 Mar 2019 | Briefing note

In its annual publication “Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2019,” ECLAC highlights the role of tax policy in fulfilling the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The second publication, The Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO) analyses issues related to sustainable and inclusive development in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

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

3 Mar 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.…

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