The Caribbean region is prone to disasters due to its geographic location. The exposures and resulting impacts of these disasters are aggravated by persistent social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities. Compounded with the region’s current dependence on imported fossil fuels and financial constraints, this study seeks to stimulate discussions around the complementarity of energy with every societal sector as well as its links with disaster risk management, and promote government-wide management that integrates energy policies, disaster management and climate change impacts.…
The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Accelerated Modalities of Action Pathway (hereafter referred to as the SAMOA Pathway) was adopted in 2014 at the United Nations Third International Conference on SIDS. The SAMOA Pathway builds on the 1994 Barbados Programme of Action for SIDS (BPOA) and the 2005 Mauritius Strategy of Implementation (MSI) for the Further Implementation of the BPOA. This document is a synthesis on the Caribbean Region- SAMOA Pathway Midterm Review Report prepared by ECLAC and in support of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 72/217.…
O objetivo desse estudo é analisar o caso da Política Energética 2005-2030 (PE2005-2030) do Uruguai, no marco da abordagem “Big Push para a Sustentabilidade”, desenvolvida pela CEPAL. Caracterizada por diretrizes estratégicas, metas (de curto, médio e longo prazos) e linhas de ação, a PE2005-2030 forneceu um arcabouço para medidas que levaram à transformação da matriz energética do país. Em pouco mais de uma década, a participação de fontes renováveis no abastecimento energético uruguaio duplicou (passando de menos de 30% em 2006 para mais de 60% em 2017). Como uma iniciativa que logrou coorde…
O processo de transição para uma matriz energética com menor conteúdo de carbono apresenta particularidades quanto ao ponto de partida, à relevância das emissões do setor energético, aos objetivos e aos instrumentos utilizados pelos países. Com exceção do caso brasileiro, os países do BRICS contam com elevada participação de fontes fósseis na matriz energética. Analisando as tendências dos vetores da transição, percebemos que esses países ainda estão atrasados na difusão de renováveis em relação aos países líderes, mas os ganhos de eficiência associados à expansão de fontes modernas foram sign…
(13 de novembro de 2019) O Escritório da CEPAL em Brasília realizou o workshop do projeto “Energy Big Push (Grande Impulso Energia) Brasil” em conjunto com o Centro de Gestão e Estudos Estratégicos (CGEE), a Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE) e a Agência Internacional de Energia (IEA, na sigla em inglês). O evento ocorreu em Brasília nos dias 30 e 31 de outubro de 2019.…
En el marco de la Tercera Reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, Alemania, Francia, México y Chile, expusieron sus experiencias en la implementación de políticas climáticas y como utilizarlas como una herramienta de justicia social.…
La División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos (DDSAH) de la CEPAL, liderada por Jose Luis Samaniego, la División de Recursos Naturales (DNRI), liderada por Jeannette Sánchez, y el programa de cooperación CEPAL-BMZ/giz organizaron una reunión de expertos sobre “Hidrógeno verde para la descarbonización de Chile” en la sede de la CEPAL, en Santiago de Chile, el día 23 de enero 2019…
Caribbean energy experts are set to address the challenges that climate change poses to the energy sector. To do so, they will discuss the application of renewable energy policies at an upcoming meeting hosted by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean.
The increasing impact of climate change across the Caribbean calls for a common and shared understanding among policy makers of the challenges posed to the energy sector, as well as for a coordinated disaster risk management approach and response strategy. Renewable e…
Desde el 8 al 10 de octubre se celebró en Buenos Aires, Argentina, la reunión anual del programa EUROCLIMA+ de la Unión Europea para promover el desarrollo sostenible y resiliente al cambio climático en 18 países de América Latina, el cual es implementado coordinadamente por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), la Comisión Europea y seis agencias internacionales de cooperación.
El encuentro se enfocó en revisar el avance de los proyectos financiados por el programa y analizar las acciones que se están ejecutando en la región para el cumplimento de los compromisos adqu…
Energy experts from Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago discussed their experiences in gathering and analysing EE, as well as the challenges and lessons learnt in gathering EE data, in the context of the final training workshop of a project focused on the Development of a Database of Energy Efficiency Indicators (BIEE), which was hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean.
The training, which was the last in a series of workshops held at intervals over the last 12 months, facilitated a review of the first set of coun…
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, called for equalizing to grow and growing to equalize with the aim of moving toward a new, more inclusive and sustainable development model, and for forging renewed social compacts that enable changing current growth and production patterns and fighting growing inequalities in the region, in remarks she made at various high-level events dedicated to Latin America and the Caribbean that are taking place this week in Paris.
The senior United Nations official is in France to participate in the 10th International Economic Forum on Latin America and the …
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, llamó a igualar para crecer y crecer para igualar con el fin de avanzar hacia un nuevo estilo de desarrollo más inclusivo y sostenible, y a la construcción de renovados pactos sociales que permitan cambiar los actuales patrones de crecimiento y producción, y combatir las crecientes desigualdades en la región, durante varios eventos de alto nivel dedicados a América Latina y el Caribe que se realizan esta semana en París.
La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas se encuentra en Francia para participar en el 10⁰ Foro Económico Internacional …
On 11-12 December, ECLAC Caribbean organized a workshop to train national focal points in the energy efficiency and environment sectors on the use of the Database of Energy Efficiency Indicators (BIEE) methodology. The workshop, which was held at ECLAC Caribbean headquarters in Port of Spain, was organized with the support of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME).
The BIEE program in Latin America and the Caribbean provides a database to assess policies and programs on energy efficiency (EE) in participa…
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