Youth from more than 19 Latin American and Caribbean countries met this Tuesday, December 8 at a virtual gathering to reaffirm their commitment to environmental protection and the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement), in the run-up to the Second Meeting of the Signatory Countries to the region’s first environmental treaty, which will be held on December 9-10.
The event entitled “Youth for Escazú” was organized jointly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carib…
Jóvenes de más de 19 países de América Latina y el Caribe se reunieron este martes 8 de diciembre en un encuentro virtual para reafirmar su compromiso con la protección ambiental y el Acuerdo Regional sobre Acceso a la Información, la Participación Pública y el Acceso a la Justicia en Asuntos Ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe (Acuerdo de Escazú), en la antesala de la Segunda Reunión de los Países Signatarios del primer tratado ambiental de la región, que se realizará el 9 y 10 de diciembre.
El encuentro, titulado “Juventudes por Escazú”, fue organizado conjuntamente por la Comisión Eco…
The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane s…
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