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Update of Redatam7

23 January 2019 | Briefing note

CELADE - Population Division of ECLAC announces to all REDATAM users an update of Redatam7 that includes improvements and new functionalities in the Create, Process and Admin modules.…

70 years of ECLAC and ECLAC thinking: a new Libguide

26 December 2018 | Briefing note

An invitation to travel through the history and the thinking of ECLAC through its documents, publications and multimedia, available in the new Libguide developed by the Hernán Santa Cruz Library…

U.S. Economic Outlook - Quarterly Developments

20 December 2018 | Briefing note

The U.S. economic expansion, which is in its tenth year, is approaching record length but not strength. November marked the 113th month of growth for the U.S. economy, and there have been 38 consecutive quarters of growth. This is the second longest expansion on record, only the 1991-2001 expansion is longer, and it is expected to continue into next year and become the longest on record.…

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).…

ECLAC and Partners Publish Document: The Economics of Climate Change in Guatemala

13 November 2018 | Briefing note

The document, “The Economics of Climate Change in Guatemala” was publish in the ECLAC repository. This document is the result of a compilation, systematization and analysis exercise of the results of the economics of climate change in Central America initiative (ECC CA) studies on Guatemala. The document shows prospective macroeconomic, demographic, soil usage and energy scenarios, temperature and precipitation climate change scenarios are presented from the fourth IPCC report at the national and departmental level, analyses on interannual changes, aridity, dry months and extreme events are al…

ECLAC and Partners Publish Document on Coffee and Climate Change in the Dominican Republic

13 November 2018 | Briefing note

Coffee cultivation is especially vulnerable to extreme climate events and unexpected changes in climate patterns. Although precipitation variability is characteristic of the Dominican Republic, in recent years extreme changes in rain and progressive temperature rise have been observed, triggering direct and indirect effects on coffee cultivation. Aware of the importance of adopting responsive measures before climate change in the coffee sector, INDOCAFE, CNCCMDL, and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic agreed to carry out an analysis with ECLAC on the potential impacts of cli…

ECLAC and Partners Publish Document on Climate Change Impact Analysis Methodologies for Food and Nutritional Security

7 November 2018 | Briefing note

“Climate Change and Food and Nutrition Security in Central America and the Dominican Republic: Methodological Proposals” was published in the ECLAC repository. This document is based on the recommendations from the work group from the expert meeting on food and nutrition security challenges and opportunities in countries from the Central American Integration System (SICA) organized by the Executive Secretariat of the Central American Agricultural Council (SE-CAC), ECLAC, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Regional Food and Nutrition Security Program for Central …

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9 October 2018 | Briefing note

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