This paper investigates Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)’s nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and their potential implications for the region’s balance of payments. The first section summarizes prevailing trade dynamics, finding that in LAC, exports of raw materials help to cover the cost of importing capital goods. The second section turns to the region’s NDCs to identify policies affecting import expenditure. The third section employs a similar methodology on the export side, tallying policies affecting output and global cost competitiveness in key sectors (crops, livestock, timber,…
Como preparativo del 27º período de sesiones de la Conferencia de las Partes en la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (COP 27), su Presidencia, los campeones de la acción climática y las cinco comisiones regionales de las Naciones Unidas organizan el ciclo: Hacia la COP27: Foros Regionales sobre Iniciativas para Financiar la Acción Climática y los ODS, un esfuerzo de largo aliento para impulsar la acción climática y contribuir a la consecución de los objetivos del Acuerdo de París y de la Agenda 2030. En este marco, la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el …
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Economic crises are not new, but the way countries respond to and seek to build back from their effects is an ever-evolving process. In the present context, the strategies adopted by Latin American and Caribbean countries to recover from the dramatic impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic are marked by an urgent need to also address the climate crisis.
This publication examines the synergies and linkages between post-COVID-19 crisis recovery approaches stemming from a sustainable energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean. The study aims to identify recovery strategie…