With the second United Nations Water Conference on the horizon, representatives of public institutions, international organizations, academia, and civil society met on 31 July in Mexico City to advance the participatory development of a regional agenda that turns declaratory commitments into policie...

At a side event of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum, the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, argued that water bankruptcy is not merely an environmental warning but also a signal about the limits of the current development model.

Representantes de cinco países de la región participaron en el lanzamiento de un proyecto de cooperación interregional ejecutado por la CEPAL y la CESPAP en el marco de FOCALAE. Durante los próximos tres años, la iniciativa desarrollará estudios de caso, herramientas de política pública y espacios d...

ECLAC participated in the webinar “Clean and Affordable Energy: Where Do We Stand? How to Move Forward?”, organized by UN-Energy and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA).

On Thursday, June 25, 2026, ECLAC participated in the session “Just and Inclusive Energy Transition Principles: Moving Beyond Negotiations to Implementation” as part of the 13th GBEP Bioenergy Week organized by the FAO’s Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP), IRENA, and the Government of Panama, where...

ECLAC participated in the Regional Dialogues of the Global Coalition for Energy Planning (GCEP), where it shared experiences from FOREPLEN and highlighted the need to strengthen governance, monitoring, and institutional coordination to move from planning to implementation.

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in a virtual seminar on biogas and biomethane in Colombia, held in collaboration with the International Council of Swedish Industry (NIR) , the Swedish Environmental Research Institute , and the Government of Colombia ....

The event brought together diplomatic representatives, scientists, private sector actors and cooperation institutions to strengthen dialogue on water among science, public policy and sustainable development, 27 March 2026 in Delft.

Santiago, Chile, April 15, 2026. The event was jointly organized by ECLAC's Natural Resources Division and FAO's Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in the context of the IX Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.

At the Interreligious Forum of the Ninth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, held in Santiago, Chile, contributions to SDGs 6, 7, and 11 were addressed. Dr. Silvia L. Saravia Matus, Economic Affairs Officer in charge of water issues at...

The experience of women in wastewater treatment plants confirms that incorporating gender and social inclusion into the water sector strengthens governance, operations, and the sustainability of systems

The virtual sessions, held on 18 and 19 March 2026, presented the Water Security Financing Framework as a tool to strengthen the formulation, structuring and implementation of water investments in the Andean countries.

The series addressed the potential for energy recovery from methane in WWTPs (Wastewater Treatment Plants) and the regulatory and financial conditions necessary to move towards implementable investments in Colombia

In the context of the ROSA project, ECLAC has contributed to the institutional and operational strengthening of the Regional Water Network for selected countries in the region.

At the 5th International Congress “Water for the Future: Towards a New Agreement for Water,” held in Mendoza, Argentina, Dr. Silvia Saravia Matus, Economic Affairs Officer of the Natural Resources Division of ECLAC, delivered a keynote address with a central message: without valuing water, effective...

From October 6 to 10, 2025, the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, hosted the 2025 Regional Water Week , a multi-stakeholder event that brought together technical and political sessions and substantive discussions on water-related issues. During this week, the 5th Regional Water Dialogues were a...

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the 14th edition of the International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development (IFESD-14), which brought together more than 500 participants from 70 countries under the theme “From Goals to Action: Powering the Fu...

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held the sixth meeting of the Regional Group of Experts on Water Resources, with the participation of representatives from international and national organizations and specialists from across the region.

Authorities, experts and representatives of international organizations met at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile to strengthen water management in the region within the framework of the 2025 Regional Water Week.