Climate change

Activities:

Caribbean Youth Dialogues 2025 in preparation of the ECOSOC Youth Forum
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is an opportunity to galvanize action aimed at promoting greater inclusion of youth in all spheres. This roadmap recognizes in several of its goals the centrality of the full incorporation of youth as a necessary condition to move towards more inclusive societies, in which no one is left behind, on a path to sustainable development. However, youth in the Caribbean face many challenges that need to be addressed as precursors to creating environments that enable them to reach their maximum potential to contribute to the achievement of SDGs by 2030, thereby leaving a legacy for future youth generations.

Heading to COP 30: NDC 3.0, investments and financing
The event brings together representatives from ministries of environment, planning, and finance, along with actors from the financial and private sectors. Its goal is to design roadmaps toward more ambitious climate goals in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of COP30. This space aims to foster international cooperation, review lessons learned, and explore financing opportunities to implement Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), ensuring socio-economic co-benefits and resilience to climate change.

Turning Potentialities into Reality: The Importance of the Legislative Branch in Driving Decarbonization and Technological Advancement in the Productive Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.
OPCC Side Event at the Legislators’ Pavillion, located at Pavilion G22b, Blue Zone. There won’t be live broadcast.

Turning Potentialities into Reality: The Importance of the Legislative Branch in Driving Decarbonization and Technological Advancement in the Productive Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.
OPCC Side Event at the Brazil’s Pavillion, located at Office E27, Pavilion D1, Blue Zone. There will no be live broadcast.
News:

ECLAC Launches New Edition of its Statistical Yearbook with Relevant Data on Latin America and the Caribbean’s Economic, Social and Environmental Situation
The 2024 version of this annual publication updates a selection of key statistics on the three pillars of development in the region.

The OPCC launched a Joint Statement at COP29 in Baku, Calling for Global Action Toward Green and Inclusive Productive Development
The document, signed by parliamentarians from various Latin American and Caribbean countries, underscores the importance of strong legislation for a just and responsible transition. It advocates three principles: environmental non-regression, evidence-based practices, and a transition prioritizing social participation and productive inclusion.

ECLAC at the COP16 in Colombia: Standing Together for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
At the event, the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, will participate in a series of high-level events, stressing the importance of biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean’s sustainable development.

Governments from Latin America and the Caribbean Endorse ECLAC’s Recommendations for Achieving the Transformations that the Region Needs
At the end of the United Nations regional organization’s Fortieth Session, representatives of the Commission’s Member States and associate members recognized the importance of taking action to overcome the development traps affecting the region.
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