Climate change and reduction of CO2 emissions: the role of developing countries in carbon trade markets

The Kyoto Protocol provides a framework for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from industrialized nations. These reduction targets will have economic impacts that will affect not only those industrialized countries but also other developing countries around the world. In this context, the following document analyzes the economic implications of the reduction of carbon emissions from industrialized countries (Annex I countries under the Kyoto Protocol) and the participation of developing countries, including those in Latin America, under different carbon trading scenarios. The document …

CEPAL participa en Diálogo Regional: "Perspectivas para el Desarrollo Sostenible con inclusión social en América Latina"

La Comisión participó en la Mesa de diálogo I sobre Desafíos para la Gestión Pública: desafíos ambientales para los procesos de planificación y gestión pública de las estrategias de desarrollo sostenible, en el Foro de Diálogo Político, organizado por la Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de la Nación de Argentina.…

President of Ireland Called for a Harmonization of Investment and Sustainable Development

See photo gallery (5 October 2012) Today, President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where he called for investment and sustainable development to be based on solid principles and to respect the well-being and environmental rights of local communities. As part of his tour of Chile, Brazil and Argentina, the leader took part in the Seminar on "Investment for economic growth, social inclusion and environmental sustainability" , organized by the European Union (EU), the Government of…

Region's Governmental Authorities Stress the Relevance of ECLAC's Structural Change Proposal

(30 August 2012) Today, authorities and experts stressed the relevance in this global economic crisis of the structural change for equality that the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is proposing to the region as part of its thirty-fourth session being held from Monday 27 to Friday 31 August in El Salvador. On the fourth day of ECLAC's most important biennial meeting, Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, presented the main proposals from the latest institutional document entitled Structural change for equality: An integrated approach to development, which outlines…

Presidente de Irlanda llamó a compatibilizar inversiones y desarrollo sostenible

Ver galería de fotos (5 de octubre, 2012) El Presidente de Irlanda, Michael D. Higgins, realizó hoy una visita a la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, en donde hizo un llamado para que las inversiones y el desarrollo sostenible estén basados en sólidos principios y respeten el bienestar y los derechos medioambientales de las comunidades locales. En el marco de su gira por Chile, Brasil y Argentina, el mandatario intervino en el Seminario sobre inversiones para el crecimiento económico, la inclusión social y la sostenibilidad ambienta…

Report of the Expert Group Meeting to develop an action plan for sustainable statistical capacity development in the Caribbean

RIO +20 and the way forward for the Caribbean: Delivering "The Future We Want"

Visita del Primer Ministro de la República Popular China, Wen Jiabao