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Within the framework of World Water Day, DW interviewed Silvia Saravia, who analyzes the effects of droughts and floods on the socio-economic development of Latin America and the Caribbean.…
ECLAC has presented a Regional Action Agenda for Water, which consolidates the commitments of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations Water Conference in New York. This, to face the challenge of achieving Goal 6 of the 2023 Sustainable Development Agenda, to guarantee the availability of water and its sustainable management and sanitation for all.…
ECLAC's Natural Resources Division participated in the event Water Dialogues for Life , whose objective is to create a proposal for action that Bolivia will take to the United Nations World Water Conference, scheduled for 22 and March 24.…
During the past week, ECLAC was part of the Regional Forum Accelerate the change towards SDG 6 , an event organized within the framework of the General Assembly of GWP Central America and ahead of the 2023 UN Water Conference.…
The event was held on February 28th to support the process of involving the youth from Latin America and the Caribbean in assessing the United Nations 2030 Agenda, where ECLAC's Natural Resources Division participated in the training with an intervention on SDGs 6 and 7.…
Last week, ECLAC was part of the Environmental Education and Comprehensive Water Management Congress, whose objective was to create a space for reflection and analysis on comprehensive water management to generate a model of water-environmental education with a gender focus.…
During the past week, ECLAC organized the Third Edition of the Regional Water Dialogues in LAC, which are part of the regional preparatory process for the 2023 United Nations Water Conference.…
On February the 2nd of 2023, the panel Water, Financing and Health was organized during the Regional Water Dialogues for Latin America and the Caribbean, which took place between February 1 and 3 at the headquarters of ECLAC in Santiago de Chile.…
The renowned Professor of Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London, Dr Mariana Mazzucato, was interviewed by ECLAC, within the framework of the regional preparatory process for the 2023 UN Water Conference.…
During the Regional Water Dialogues in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023, ECLAC launched the project Regional Network and Observatory for Water Sustainability, ROSA , and convened the first meeting of the project for the representatives of the five pilot countries: Colombia, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Panama.…
The workshop, organized on Tuesday, January 31st, 2023, took place at the Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Servidas Mapucho-Trebal, of Aguas Andinas, potable water and sanitation company in Santiago, Chile. The event featured experts in the wastewater treatment process and representatives of potable water and sanitation agencies from Panama, El Salvador and Mexico.…
Within the framework of the project Potable Water, Sanitation and Renewable Energies to improve the health conditions of the population and promote productive uses in the most lagging municipalities / territories of El Salvador, Mexico and Panama , ECLAC carried out a diagnosis of the provision of drinking water, sanitation and sewerage services in the project countries.…
The nominal series of commodity exports and total exports, which form part of the recent update of information in CEPALSTAT and are available for consultation, show the pressures on natural resources in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
In the virtual event, the United Nations World Report on the Development of Water Resources (WWDR) and the perspectives of Latin America and the Caribbean regarding the management of groundwater were presented.…
The interview broadcasted live on Chilean TV Senade included the participation of Mrs Silvia Saravia Matus, economic affairs officer of the Water and Energy Unit of the Natural Resources Division of ECLAC, who presented the current situation and challenges in the water sector in Chile.…
The group of experts, formed by more than twenty representatives of the most prestigious institutions in the region's water resources field, aims to join forces to implement initiatives that accelerate compliance with SDG 6 in LAC. The meeting was held in the framework of the preparations for the United Nations Water Conference in March 2023.…
Itaipu Binacional organized a series of webinars “Towards the IX World Water Forum” in preparation for the IX World Water Forum.…
The virtual event was developed within the framework of the Development of a Hydrological Platform and Simulation Model of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus for the Amazon Basin.…
On July 8, the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Ms. Alica Bárcena, presented the new special report that examines the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year after its onset. The report entitled “The Paradox of Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean. Growth with persistent structural issues: inequality, poverty, little investment, and low productivity ” analyzes the behavior of the main economic and social indicators in the region and presents policy proposals to achieve a transformative recovery based on the construction of a new style of development. …
ECLAC presented Successful experiences of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach and its relationship with reducing pollution in the Environment …