Representantes de 24 países de América Latina y el Caribe se dieron cita hoy en Buenos Aires para retomar la negociación de un acuerdo regional que permita el acceso a la información, la participación y la justicia en materias ambientales para todos sus habitantes, y la promoción de un nuevo estilo de desarrollo con mayor igualdad y sostenible con el medio ambiente.
La Séptima reunión del Comité de Negociación del Acuerdo Regional sobre el Acceso a la Información, la Participación Pública y el Acceso a la Justicia en Asuntos Ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe (Principio 10), que se prol…
Meeting participants included representatives from the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Arts, and an artisan from Saint Lucia.
During the meeting, participants underscored the importance of creating avenues to allow artisans to have direct interaction with tourists, as well as the need to establish easier financing packages and the necessary infrastructure for artisans who are more business oriented.
These measures would help to strengthen linkages between the arts and touri…
The Latin American and Caribbean countries that adhere to the regional initiative for the effective application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in the region – which refers to access to environmental information, participation and justice – will meet next week in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to continue negotiations toward a regional agreement on these matters.
Authorities, government officials, representatives of civil society and experts from international bodies will gather from 31 July to 4 August in the Seventh Meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the …
Los países de América Latina y el Caribe que adhieren a la iniciativa regional para la aplicación efectiva del Principio 10 de la Declaración de Río sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo en la región -referido al acceso a la información, participación y justicia ambientales- sostendrán la próxima semana en Buenos Aires, Argentina, una nueva ronda de negociaciones para alcanzar un acuerdo regional en estas materias.
Autoridades, funcionarios gubernamentales, representantes de la sociedad civil y expertos de organismos internacionales participarán del 31 de julio al 4 de agosto en la Séptima r…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, met today in New York with representatives of the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to evaluate the subregion’s priorities and specific needs regarding implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Bárcena began by congratulating Belize for being the first country in the Caribbean to present its Voluntary National Review (VNR) to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which held i…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, se reunió hoy en Nueva York con representantes de los países de la Comunidad del Caribe (CARICOM) para evaluar las prioridades y necesidades específicas de la subregión en torno a la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible y sus 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS).
Bárcena felicitó en primer lugar a Belice por ser el primer país del Caribe en presentar su informe nacional voluntario (VNR, por sus siglas en inglés) ante el Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el …
Caribbean governments can turn high fuel costs for official vehicles into huge savings on public expenditure, by switching to electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. This means that instead of paying close to US $3 per gallon, the fuel cost for a regular size light duty battery electric vehicle would be about 2.5 cents per mile.
These and other findings can be found in a new report from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, entitled `Promoting energy efficiency in government transportation systems: A transiti…
I wish to thank DESA and the Permanent Mission on Singapore for inviting me and the Regional Commissions to this Special Lunch on SIDS for SIDS collaboration.
Thank you so much for this opportunity to showcase the support that we, the Regional Commissions, are providing at the regional and subregional levels in support to Small Island Developing States in the implementation, follow-up and review of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean is the main regional think-tank and knowledge hub on sustainable development and the inter-gover…
In the current world context, the countries of the Caribbean must focus on closing the structural gaps they still have, particularly with regard to gender equality, financial and fiscal sustainability (due to their high debt level), and mitigating the effects of climate change, in order to meet the commitments adopted under the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and its 17 Goals (SDGs). This was pointed out by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) during an event held in New York.
The international senior official was the k…
En el actual contexto mundial, los países del Caribe deben enfocarse en cerrar las brechas estructurales que aún mantienen, en especial sobre la igualdad de género, la sostenibilidad financiera y fiscal (debido a su alta deuda), y la mitigación de los efectos del cambio climático, con el fin de cumplir los compromisos adoptados en la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible y sus 17 objetivos (ODS). Así lo señaló hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) durante un evento realizado en Nueva York.
La alta funcionaria internacional…
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