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Public consultation on the Escazú Agreement Implementation Guide

11 Apr 2022 | Briefing note

¡DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 25 MAY 2022! ECLAC, in its capacity as Secretariat of the Escazú Agreement, has prepared an implementation guide with the aim of contributing to the application of the Agreement, raising awareness on its content and providing guidance and support to better understand and comply with its provisions. The guide was drafted by a group of international and environmental law experts and ECLAC. Furthermore, a broader group was identified on the basis of area of expertise and invited to review and make comments on the guide. An online public consultation process…

The Escazú Agreement at COP26 on climate change

6 Nov 2021 | Briefing note

The Escazú Agreement will be highlighted in the following events organized in the framework of the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: Wednesday, 3 November 2021 5:30 - 6:45 pm UK time / Empowering for Climate Action: insights and experiences. Organized by AECID, AFD, Expertise France, FIIAPP, GIZ, ECLAC and UNEP. Thursday, 4 November 2021 2:00 - 2:45 pm UK time / Briefing for COP26 delegates on the Aarhus Convention and the Escazú Agreement. Organized by CIEL. Saturday, 6 November 2021 3:45 -&nbs…

The impacts of COVID-19 and the climate emergency reveal the need for sustainable public investment in Central America

30 Jul 2021 | Briefing note

The region’s sustainable recovery facing the health crisis caused by Covid-19 and extreme events such as hurricanes and tropical storms intensified by climate change, was one of the main topics addressed at the fourth meeting of the Regional Technical Committee of the Council of Finance Ministers of Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (Spanish acronym: SE-COSEFIN), held virtually on June 29 and June 30. The meeting took place as part of the project “Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable and Inclusive Adaptation to Climate Change in Public Investment” (Spanish acronym: RIDASI…

Join the #Escazú4All campaign

4 Mar 2021 | Briefing note

On 4 March 2021 the social media campaign #Escazú4All was launched celebrating the third anniversary of the adoption of the Escazú Agreement and announcing its entry into force on 22 April.…

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.…

Virtual sessions on the Escazú Agreement are organized

5 May 2020 | Briefing note

In April 2020, two informative sessions were held to advance discussion on the matters to be addressed at the first Conference of the Parties, as established in articles 15 and 18 of the Escazú Agreement.…

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…

The Escazú Agreement at COP25 on climate change

30 Nov 2019 | Briefing note

The Escazú Agreement will be highlighted at the following events organized in the framework of the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: Monday, 2 December 2019 2-3pm. Side event "International Instruments on Public Participation in Environmental Governance and Relevance to the Paris Agreement Implementation and the COP-25" (IFEMA, Meeting Room 15). Organized by CIEL, La Ruta del Clima and the Governments of Costa Rica, France and Uruguay. Thursday, 5 December 2019 4-5pm. "Juventudes de Latinoamérica y el C…

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

23 Aug 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.…

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.…

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