Limiting Temperature Rise - What Does It Mean for Caribbean SIDS?

Climate Change, The Caribbean Sea, and the Ocean Economy – Securing Livelihoods of Caribbean People

Caribbean people have always had a special relationship with the ocean and coast, with most of the population, infrastructure, and economic activities located along the coastal zone in Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS). Marine and coastal ecosystems provide employment, recreation, livelihoods, and ensure food security for millions of people across the subregion in the areas of fisheries, tourism, transportation, and energy.…

Director’s Desk: Limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees to stay alive - What does it mean for Caribbean SIDS?

As is well known, Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS) are vulnerable to recurrent multidimensional shocks. These have lasting social, economic, and environmental impacts; effects expected to become further aggravated in a world with a persistently warming climate. The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbates these impacts.…

ECLAC Urges for Implementing Enabling Policies that Would Allow for Effective Fulfillment of the SDGs

Financing for development, food security, the energy transition, integrated management of natural disasters, and climate action must be enabling policies that would allow for the effective fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Mario Cimoli, Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said today during a session of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2022 that was focused on listening to messages coming from the regions. ECLAC’s highest authority participated in the segment entitled Messages from the…

CEPAL insta a implementar políticas habilitantes que permitan el efectivo cumplimiento de los ODS

El financiamiento para el desarrollo, la seguridad alimentaria, la transición energética, la gestión integrada de los desastres naturales y la acción climática deben ser políticas habilitantes que permitan el efectivo cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), afirmó hoy Mario Cimoli, Secretario Ejecutivo Interino de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante una sesión del Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible 2022, dedicada a escuchar los mensajes provenientes desde las regiones. El máximo representante de la CEPAL participó…

A CEPAL insta a implementar políticas habilitadoras que permitam o efetivo cumprimento dos ODS

O financiamento para o desenvolvimento, a segurança alimentar, a transição energética, a gestão integrada dos desastres naturais e a ação climática devem ser políticas habilitadoras que permitam o efetivo cumprimento dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS), afirmou hoje Mario Cimoli, Secretário Executivo Interino da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), durante uma sessão do Fórum Político de Alto Nível sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável 2022 dedicada a escutar as mensagens provenientes das regiões. O máximo representante da CEPAL participou do segmento intitul…

The High Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean is Exacerbating the Pandemic’s Impact and Hindering the Subregion’s Progress Towards Sustainable Development

The high prevalence of non-communicable diseases in the Caribbean – such as high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer – is exacerbating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and hindering the subregion’s progress towards achieving sustainable development due to their multiple health, economic and social consequences, according to the authorities, representatives of international organizations and specialists participating today in a virtual event organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) prior to the Twentieth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Carib…

La alta prevalencia de enfermedades no transmisibles en el Caribe está exacerbando el impacto de la pandemia y dificultando el avance de la subregión hacia el desarrollo sostenible

La alta prevalencia de enfermedades no transmisibles en el Caribe, tales como hipertensión, diabetes y cáncer, está exacerbando el impacto de la pandemia del COVID-19 y dificultando el avance de la subregión hacia el logro del desarrollo sostenible por sus múltiples consecuencias sanitarias, económicas y sociales, alertaron hoy autoridades, representantes de organismos internacionales y especialistas que participaron en un encuentro virtual organizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) previo a la celebración este viernes 5 de la Vigésima reunión del Comité de Mo…

A alta prevalência de doenças não transmissíveis no Caribe está exacerbando o impacto da pandemia e dificultando o avanço da sub-região para o desenvolvimento sustentável

A alta prevalência de doenças não transmissíveis no Caribe, tais como hipertensão, diabetes e câncer, está exacerbando o impacto da pandemia de COVID-19 e dificultando o avanço da sub-região na consecução do desenvolvimento sustentável por suas múltiplas consequências sanitárias, econômicas e sociais, alertaram autoridades, representantes de organismos internacionais e especialistas que participaram de um encontro virtual organizado pela Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) antes da Vigésima Reunião do Comitê de Monitoramento do Comitê de Desenvolvimento e Cooperação do …

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Cambio climático y seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Centroamérica y la República Dominicana: propuestas metodológicas

En 2015 se realizó una reunión de expertos sobre retos y oportunidades para la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional en los países del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA) organizada conjuntamente por la Secretaría Ejecutiva del Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano (SE-CAC), la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), la Organización para la Alimentación y la Agricultura de Naciones Unidas (FAO) y el Programa Regional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional para Centroamérica (PRESANCA). Uno de sus objetivos fue identificar potenciales líneas de acción para fortalec…

Temario Provisional. Seminario sobre metodologías para el análisis de los potenciales impactos del cambio climático sobre la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en los países del SICA

Climate Change Threatens the Basis of Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean: Agriculture

The impact of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean will be considerable because of its economic dependence on agriculture, the low adaptive capacity of its population and the geographical location of some of its countries, notes a new study by FAO, ECLAC and ALADI. The study was presented today at the meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, as a key input to incorporate climate change management in the Plan for Food Security, Nutrition and Hunger eradication of CELAC 2025. According to the three ag…