Santiago, Chile, 19–20 August 2026 – The workshop "Promoting integrated water resources management with a climate focus: exploring opportunities for financing and regional cooperation" brought together, over two days at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ...

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.

Thirty-two professionals from the four countries of the Network and Observatory for Water Sustainability (ROSA) project—Bolivia, El Salvador, Panama, and the Dominican Republic—successfully completed the first edition of the virtual course "Evidence-Based Water Policy" in July, with training indicat...

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 ....

ECLAC held a training workshop on 6 and 7 May 2026 in Santo Domingo to support the Dominican Republic in the elaboration of its National Energy Policy 2050, as part of the technical assistance provided to the Ministry of Energy and Mines.

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), with the support of the European Union's GET.transform programme, held a two-day capacity-building workshop in Asunción on 28–29 April 2026, focused on implementing the resilient electricity planning methodology in Paraguay. The ev...

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

In the leadup to ECLAC’s annual Caribbean Youth Dialogues, young people from across the region are already making their voices heard, identifying critical, Caribbean-specific priorities for sustainable development, including affordable and reliable energy, clean water and sanitation, and stronger in...

The IX Plenary Meeting of FOREPLEN, held in Montevideo, brought together representatives from 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to strengthen regional cooperation and advance toward more integrated, participatory, resilient and implementation-oriented energy planning.

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