Building Resilience across the Caribbean Post-COVID-19

Report of the twenty-eighth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

The Hummingbird Vol.7 No.8

ECLAC presents cases of transformative investments for a sustainable economy in Brazil

On May 26th, the ECLAC office in Brasilia, together with the Brazilian Global Compact Network, held a webinar about the Big Push for Sustainability , in which more than 60 case studies of investments for sustainable development in Brazil were presented.…

ECLAC presents cases of transformative investments for a sustainable economy in Brazil

O Escritório da CEPAL em Brasília, em conjunto com a Rede Brasil do Pacto Global, realizaram o webinar Big Push para a Sustentabilidade no dia 26 de maio, em que foram apresentados mais de 60 estudos de casos de investimentos para o desenvolvimento sustentável no Brasil.…

We Must Move Towards a New Vision of Development that is More Innovative, Diversified and Inclusive: Alicia Bárcena

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, urged the region’s countries to think about development in a different way to move towards a more innovative, diversified and inclusive vision, during a high-level event held today in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ECLAC’s highest authority was one of the main speakers at the seminar “Challenges for growth and development in Latin America,” organized by CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, in conjunction with the Argentine government. Bárcena participated on a panel about challenges rela…

Debemos avanzar hacia una nueva visión del desarrollo que sea más innovadora, diversificada e inclusiva: Alicia Bárcena

La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, instó hoy a los países de la región a pensar el desarrollo de una manera diferente para avanzar hacia una visión más innovadora, diversificada e inclusiva, durante un evento de alto nivel realizado en Buenos Aires, Argentina. La máxima autoridad de la CEPAL fue una de las oradoras principales del seminario “Desafíos para el crecimiento y el desarrollo en América Latina”, organizado por CAF-banco de desarrollo de América Latina, en conjunto con el Gobierno argentino. Bárcena participó en el…

National energy efficiency monitoring report of Saint Lucia

The Government of Saint Lucia continues to take a strategic approach to the development of the energy sector and to this end, in 2010 elaborated a comprehensive national energy policy. In 2018, the country also adopted its National Energy Transition Strategy, which is intended to chart the way forward for the inclusion of RE in the electricity generation mix. While there has been some attention given to the whole issue of renewable energy and its inclusion in the generation mix, there has not been a similar level of attention paid to the study of energy efficiency and the benefits which are wi…

National energy efficiency monitoring report of Barbados

The Energy Division of the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Barbados developed a database that allows for analysis of energy efficiency indicators and the impact of policies on trends in these indicators for different sectors of the country. This data will form the baseline of the energy efficiency campaign launched by the Energy Division and evidence-based policy development. In addition, this exercise is expected to strengthen the institutional capacity to collect, collate and analyse energy efficiency data. This report analyses the information collected for the main sectors of the …