This brief is intended to provide general information on the upcoming United Nations Ocean Conference on scaling up ocean actions based on science and innovation for the
implementation of Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14), with a view to stimulating more active, engaged participation of the Caribbean in the discussions. The
United Nations Ocean Conference will be co-chaired by Kenya and Portugal, and hosted by the Government of Portugal in Lisbon, during 2021. The objective of this conference is consistent with the 2017 UN General Assembly proclamation on the Decade of Oce…
GENEVA (9 November 2020) - UN human rights experts* welcomed the impending entry into force of the first environmental human rights treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean, known as the Escazú Agreement, lauding it as a ground-breaking pact to fight pollution and secure a healthy environment.
"In the face of proliferating environmental conflicts and persistent intimidation, harassment and detention of environmental human rights defenders, the Escazú Agreement offers hope to the countless individuals and communities in the region that suffer from pollution and the negative impacts of extracti…
GINEBRA (9 de noviembre de 2020) - Los expertos en derechos humanos de la ONU* acogieron con satisfacción la pronta entrada en vigor del primer tratado de derechos humanos sobre el medio ambiente en América Latina y el Caribe, conocido como el Acuerdo de Escazú, y lo elogiaron considerándolo un pacto innovador para luchar contra la contaminación y asegurar un medio ambiente saludable.
"Ante la proliferación de conflictos ambientales y la persistente intimidación, acoso y detención de defensores de los derechos humanos en asuntos ambientales, el Acuerdo de Escazú ofrece esperanza a innumerables…
Los representantes en México de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (ONU-DH) celebran la aprobación por el Senado de la República del instrumento de ratificación 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, conocido como “Acuerdo de Escazú”.
Esta aprobación unánime del Senado de la República Mexicana recoge los llamados y acciones realizadas por organizaciones de la socieda…
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…
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