Este documento tiene como objetivo la realización de una descripción de las tendencias de consumo de energía en la República del Ecuador durante el periodo 2000-2012. Se analiza el comportamiento de los sectores productivos en términos de su consumo energético y se determinan las intensidades energéticas en el periodo de estudio considerando los consumos energéticos y los valores agregados brutos, nacionales y sectoriales.…
With renewables accounting for 28 per cent of electricity generation, Dominica is the CARICOM member which consumes the largest proportion of its energy from renewable sources according to the newly released ECLAC study ‘Barriers to Identification and Implementation of Energy Efficiency Mechanisms and Enhancing Renewable Energy Technologies in the Caribbean’.
Today, Dominica is at the forefront in the use of renewable sources of energy among the OECS countries, having achieved 28 per cent of its present electricity generation from hydropower and wind.
Dominica aims to become energy self-…
This document presents the evaluation report of the “Regional dialogue on energy efficiency and renewable energy policy” meeting, aimed at presenting one of the key targeted outputs of the GIZ/ECLAC project titled: “Sustainable energy in the Caribbean: Reducing the carbon footprint in the Caribbean through the promotion of energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy technologies.” The objective of the meeting was to foster dialogue and to share experiences among Caribbean countries on issues related to energy efficiency and renewable energy policy, with a view towards crafting better st…
The Honourable Minister of Energy and Energy Industries for Trinidad and Tobago, Nicole Olivierre, will be joined by the German Ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Lutz Görgens, as senior policy makers participate in the workshop entitled “Sustainable Energy in the Caribbean: Reducing the Carbon Footprint in the Caribbean through the Promotion of Energy Efficiency and the use of Renewable Energy Technologies”, to identify issues relevant to the development of energy efficiency and renewable energy policy.
The workshop,which takes place at the Kapok Hotel, Port of Spain on 17-18 May 2…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean is actively supporting the Government of Saint Lucia as the country transitions from the use of fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, including solar and geothermal.
In this context, ECLAC Caribbean’s Economic Affairs Officer, Willard Phillips, participated in a consultation process on February 25, on the development of a legal framework for the establishment of a National Utilities Regulatory Commission (NURC), which draws on the technical work carried out by ECLAC in Saint…
En el presente estudio se analizan los principales resultados encontrados en la literatura concerniente al mercado de la energía y su relación con el cambio climático en Latinoamérica, buscando definir diferentes tópicos relacionados al tema y clasificar la literatura disponible. Para tal fin, el trabajo hace referencia a los principales determinantes de la oferta y la demanda de energía encontrados en la literatura para América Latina y el Caribe, explora las trayectorias posibles de la oferta y la demandade energía con referencia al cambio climático descritas por la literatura, y describe lo…
This paper will contend that the post-2015 development agenda presents a major opportunity for Caribbean countries to reverse decades of lagging economic performance and make the transition to balanced, holistic, and people-centred growth and development.
The MDGs, while valuable in promoting gains in poverty reduction, health, education, nutrition, and maternal well-being were not tailored to the growth and development needs of the region. This can now be changed by a post-2015 development agenda which goes beyond improving the welfare of citizens by meeting basic needs and enhancing access t…
“La imperiosa necesidad de combatir el cambio climático implica que en las próximas décadas será cada vez más importante la difusión de las tecnologías que permitan aumentar la eficiencia energética y generar un porcentaje creciente de la energía global desde fuentes renovables. De lo contrario, no será posible lograr los niveles necesarios de reducciones de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. El comercio internacional tendrá un rol central en ese esfuerzo”, señaló el Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Antonio Prado, d…
Esta investigación tiene como objetivo principal la medición de los subsidios para un grupo de países de América Latina y su importancia relativa en el gasto público y en el Producto Interno Bruto (PIB). Así, como la estimación del monto de los impuestos para el grupo de países con subsidios y otro grupo con alto consumo de gasolina y diésel por habitante, sin subsidios pero con por lo menos un impuesto a las gasolinas y diésel. Con base a este marco analítico se estiman las elasticidades precio e ingreso para los grupos, se analizan los resultados y las implicaciones de política sobre los sub…
Much analysis and proposals on sustainable transport policies have been developed around the world, both at government and research institutions. It is clear that no action will provide the single solution and it is imperative to act simultaneously on: i) improvement of technology in vehicles, leading to increased energy efficiency; ii) the change in driver behavior, to use less fuel per kilometer; iii) reducing the distances traveled per vehicle; and iv) a change in the type of travels towards more sustainable modes of transport.In general, the recommendations for energy efficiency in transpo…
Like many other Caribbean countries, Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are almost entirely dependent on imported petroleum as their primary source of energy. In this regard, many countries in the subregion have taken a strategic approach to long-term planning in the energy sector towards creating higher levels of efficiency on both the demand and supply sides as well as promoting diversification in the energy mix.
Within this context, this study was conducted to present mechanisms to improve energy efficiency (EE) in the transport sector in Grenada, Saint Lucia and Sain…
(22 September 2014) Preliminary estimates suggest that the economic costs of climate change will be around 2.5 % of Latin America and the Caribbean's annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP), in the case that the temperature rises 2.5 °C above the historical average, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said today in the following statement released in the context of the Climate Summit, which will take place on 23 September at the United Nations headquarters in New York:
"For the last decade, ECLAC has studied the economic a…
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