Women's autonomy and gender equality at the centre of climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean. Regional Consultation prior to the Sixty-sixth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 66) within the framework of the 62nd Meeting o...

Women's autonomy and gender equality at the centre of climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean. Regional Consultation prior to the Sixty-sixth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 66) within the framework of the 62nd Meeting o...

Report on the coordination of international statistical activities in the area of the environment

This report presents the results of a regional study conducted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico, in their respective roles as technical secretariat and coordinator, of the Working Group on Environmental Statistics of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. The objective was to carry out an in- depth study of the international statistical activities in the area of environmental statistics, with a view to strengthening coordination of those activities and optimizing their contribu…

Género, medio ambiente y sustentabilidad del desarrollo

Resumen En vista de la estrecha relación existente entre los problemas del medio ambiente y los de origen económico y social, no se puede hacer una distinción entre las dimensiones humana y ambiental del desarrollo, que se encuentran ligadas tanto por el conjunto de acciones y relaciones sociales que inciden sobre el sistema natural, como por los efectos de los cambios ambientales sobre las poblaciones. Asimismo, existe la percepción de que la sociedad global se enfrenta, a fines de este siglo, al agotamiento de un estilo de desarrollo caracterizado por sus nocivos efectos para los sistemas na…