Policy Brief: Planning for resilience: an integrated approach to tackle climate change in the Caribbean

The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane s…

Report of the Fifty-ninth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The climate emergency in Latin America and the Caribbean: The path ahead – resignation or action?

This book presents the results of more than a decade of work carried out by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on the economics of climate change. It analyses the conclusive global data and the impact of climate change in the region, examining sectors such as agriculture, health, transport and energy. In particular, it addresses the effects of climate change on the two most vulnerable subregions, Central America and the Caribbean, and gives an account of the agreements reached in the region to tackle the problem of global warming. The book discusses the advance…

The COVID-19 pandemic could increase child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical Note N° 1

Currently the world is going through an unprecedented health, social, human and economic crisis due to the pandemic caused by the disease COVID-19. Even though in the current health crisis derived from COVID-19, the frequency of infection and mortality in the child population are lower than in other age groups, children are being affected by the socioeconomic impacts and, in some cases, by mitigation measures that may inadvertently cause more harm than benefit. The pandemic will exacerbate existing vulnerabilities, including an increased risk of child marriage1, child labour, and teenage pregn…

Advancing the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean

The Hummingbird Vol.7 No.6

COVID-19: Towards an inclusive, resilient and green recovery —building back better through regional cooperation

This document provides key policy messages from the UN regional commissions and highlights the vital role of regional cooperation in an effective recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis has caused untold disruption to lives and economies. As the current patterns of globalization are being questioned, the regional level will become vital in dealing with crossborder problems. It is at this level that reconnecting economies, reversing the disruption of trade and transport links, and addressing transboundary risks offer more immediate benefits. The critical task of strengthening t…

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the new global and regional context: Scenarios and projections in the current crisis

The world is facing a humanitarian and health crisis without precedent in the last century. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has battered economies already weakened by slow growth and mounting inequality. As uncertainty grows over the extent of the pandemic, economies and societies are shutting down and coming to a standstill. The short- and even medium-term impacts may be devastating. The region of Latin America and the Caribbean faces this crisis from a situation of economic growth that is insufficient to reduce poverty and increase employment at the pace needed by its societies. …

Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development

The Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development was adopted by the member States of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) at the third session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Mexico City from 1 to 3 October 2019. The purpose of this Agenda is to support the implementation of the social dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, especially in those areas linked to the mandates of the ministries of social development and equivalent entities. The achie…

Final assessment report. Assessment of development account project 1617 AO: Demographic transition: opportunities and challenges to achieve the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Summary of the first regional dialogue in Latin America and the Caribbean “On the road to equality”: 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

The first regional dialogue in Latin America and the Caribbean “On the road to equality”: 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child was held in Santiago in November 2018. The event was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This event was attended by government authorities and international agencies, representatives of the United Nations system, the private sector, academia, civil society and young people. In the framework of fulfilme…

Annotated Provisional agenda. Fourth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

Provisional agenda. Fourth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

Report of the Tenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Report of the Fourth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Proposal for a revitalized Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee - Regional Coordinating Mechanism for Sustainable Development (CDCC-RCM): Repositioning CDCC-RCM as the mechanism for sustainable development in Caribbean small island developin...

The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) agenda for sustainable development has as its foundation the Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA 1994), the Mauritius Strategy for Further Implementation of the BPoA (MSI 2005) and more recently the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA Pathway 2014). These agreements representing 25 years of continual focus are the SIDS sustainable development blue prints. With the objectives of positioning and maintaining a strategic SIDS focus across sustainable development agendas, this paper re-examines the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of the Caribbean De…