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16 July 2024 | Speech

HLPF side-event Critical Energy Transition Minerals to accelerate progress towards the SDGs
Inaugural remarks by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, at the HLPF side-event co-led by UN Regional Economic Commissions, gathered in the UN Working Group on Transforming Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development.
7 November 2023 | Press Release

At ECLAC, Paraguay’s President Calls for Dialogue among Latin American and Caribbean Countries to Offer a Continent of Peace in a World Plagued by Conflict
In the framework of his official visit to Chile, the Paraguayan leader gave a keynote lecture at the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago.
7 de November de 2023 | Speech

Visita de Santiago Peña, Presidente de la República del Paraguay, a la CEPAL
Palabras de bienvenida de José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL.
10 May 2023 | Press Release

Energy Transition is a Unique Opportunity to Close Gender Gaps in Energy Access and Harness Women's Capabilities
The First Latin American Conference on Women and Energy: Capacities for Change, Empowerment, Gender and Energy (CEGEN 2023) is being held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
28 April 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Pick Up the Pace to Achieve Fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
Halfway through the period agreed upon by United Nations Member States in 2015, greater progress on the targets will require the participation of all stakeholders as well as structural transformations in the region, delegates warned at the conclusion of the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
Foto de participantes en el evento
27 April 2023 | News

The Region’s Countries Evaluated the Implementation of Four SDGs on the Second Day of the Forum on Sustainable Development
It is necessary to redouble efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 6, 7, 9 and 11, representatives asserted at the meeting being held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
29 November 2022 | Press Release

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean Rose by 40.7% in 2021, but Did Not Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels
In a new report, ECLAC calls on the region’s countries to use FDI strategically to strengthen and develop capacities that would contribute to sustainable and inclusive development.
14 July 2022 | Press Release

ECLAC Urges for Implementing Enabling Policies that Would Allow for Effective Fulfillment of the SDGs
Mario Cimoli, the organization’s Acting Executive Secretary, and Arnoldo André Tinoco, the Foreign Minister of Costa Rica, participated in a meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2022, focused on listening to messages from the regions. Prior to that, both authorities spoke at a virtual side event on Development in Transition.
Diálogo de Alto Nivel sobre Energía
24 September 2021 | News

Climate Change Impacts Require Action Not Only at a National Level but also at a Regional and Global Level, ECLAC Stresses
At a side event to the UN High-level Dialogue on Energy, the organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, highlighted the transformative sectors that help with carbon dioxide removal.
Imagen reunión Latin America Energy Week
22 June 2021 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean Has All the Right Conditions to Become a Renewable Energy Hub with Great Potential in Green Hydrogen
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, gave a presentation on a high-level international panel held in the framework of Latin America Energy Week, where she affirmed the urgency of the transition towards renewable energies with full social inclusion.
Convenio CEPAL-Francia 2021
3 March 2021 | News

Government of France and ECLAC Sign Cooperation Agreement to Support a Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability in the Region
The document was signed by the United Nations organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and the Ambassador of France in Chile, Roland Dubertrand.
Image Brazilian ECLAC office
22 June 2020 | News

ECLAC Presents Cases of Transformative Investments for a Sustainable Economy in Brazil
ECLAC’s Office in Brasilia, along with the Global Compact Network Brazil, held a “Big Push for Sustainability” webinar on May 26 in which more than 60 case studies on investments for sustainable development in Brazil were presented.
18 June 2020 | Press Release

To Confront the Climate Change Emergency and Rethink the Post-COVID Recovery, We Must Urgently Move Towards a New, More Sustainable and Egalitarian Development Pattern
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, presented a new book today that exhaustively reviews the effects of climate change in the region and the policies addressing it.
29 January 2020 | Infographic

Natural resources: challenges and opportunities for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean is endowed with abundant natural resources, but these are distributed unevenly. ECLAC supports effective and democratic governance of natural resources to achieve the aspirations of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Foto lanzamiento Observatorio ROSE DRNI
31 de October de 2018 | News

CEPAL lanzó Observatorio Regional sobre Energías Sostenibles
La iniciativa, denominada ROSE (por sus siglas en inglés), fue presentada en el marco del Segundo Foro Técnico Regional de Planificadores Energéticos que se celebró en la sede de la Comisión en Santiago, Chile.
29 May 2018 | Press Release

To Achieve Sustainable Development, It is Necessary to Equalize to Grow and Grow to Equalize: Alicia Bárcena, at Latin America and the Caribbean week in France and at the OECD Forum
During a visit to Paris, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in the International Economic Forum on Latin America and the Caribbean and in the OECD Forum 2018, among other events.
Foto del VIII Diálogo Político Regional en Eficiencia Energética, realizado el 5 de diciembre de 2017 en Buenos Aires.
6 de December de 2017 | News

Autoridades y expertos acuerdan acelerar políticas de eficiencia energética en América Latina y el Caribe
Iniciativas de la CEPAL en este campo recibieron importante respaldo durante el Octavo Diálogo Político Regional realizado en Buenos Aires.
1 de February de 2017 | Press Release

CEPAL: Existen opciones para abordar al mismo tiempo los retos económicos, sociales y ambientales de la región
En el programa “Horizontes CEPAL”, Joseluis Samaniego, Director de la División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos, analiza los efectos del cambio climático y las alternativas al estilo de desarrollo actual.
13 de October de 2015 | News

Expertos debaten en la CEPAL sobre el futuro de las energías renovables en América Latina y el Caribe
Durante taller analizaron las tendencias del mercado de este tipo de energías en la región, sus políticas, inversiones y experiencias exitosas.