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4 March 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Met with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo de León
The United Nations regional economic commission and the Government of Guatemala align efforts to quicken the pace in moving towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development in the Central American country.
4 December 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents at COP28 Report that Stresses Climate Financing Needs for Latin America and the Caribbean in its Fight Against Global Warming
The document entitled “The Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023: Financing needs and policy tools for the transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient economies” was unveiled by the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, during the global gathering that is taking place in Dubai.
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.
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.
16 March 2023 | Press Release

Authorities and Experts Call for Accelerating the Energy Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean
A high-level workshop is taking place at ECLAC’s headquarters to help prepare a special report on the region for the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2023 report.
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.
6 June 2022 | Press Release

War in Ukraine Quickens Inflation, Reduces Growth and Increases Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean
A new special report by ECLAC indicates that the economic deceleration, higher inflation and the slow and incomplete recovery of labor markets will increase poverty, extreme poverty and food insecurity in the region in 2022.
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 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.
29 May 2017 | Press Release

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Visits ECLAC’s Headquarters in Santiago
Keith Rowley met with the Commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, agreeing to increase bilateral cooperation.
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.
18 August 2015 | Press Release

Sustainable Use of Energy Contributes to Overcoming Barriers to Development in the Region
The MIT Sloan School of Management and ECLAC hold a seminar on the future of energy in Santiago, Chile.
24 February 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC, UNDP and IDB to Coordinate Efforts in Unique Partnership for Sustainable Energy for All in the Americas
The three institutions will support goals established in the framework of the initiative launched in 2011 by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
29 January 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC Will Support the Institutional Strengthening of the Salvadoran State
El Salvador’s President, Sánchez Cerén, and the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, agree to collaborate on the implementation of economic and social public policies that benefit the citizens of that country.
15 October 2014 | Press Release

Access to Energy, Efficiency and Renewable Sources, Key to Development with Equality in the Region
Government officials and representatives from international organizations participated in the launch of the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All Americas.
22 September 2014 | Press Release

ECLAC Addresses the Paradoxes and Challenges of Climate Change's Economic and Social Impact in the Region
The Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, said in a statement that the economic costs of climate change could total between 1.5 % and 5 % of the annual GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean, in the case that the temperature rises an additional 2.5 °C.
18 April 2012 | Press Release

CEPAL Review Analyzes the Relationship between Energy Growth and Sustainability and Wage Differentials in the Caribbean
Created in 1976 by Raúl Prebisch, the Review is the main academic publication of the United Nations organization.
3 November 2011 | Press Release

Renewable Energies Reach Record Generating 65% of Electricity in Central America
The total electricity production in the subregion in 2010 grew thanks to investments in new power stations.

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