The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are halfway through the time frame set for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that underpin the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The progress towards the Goals and targets was drastically hampered by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which has taken a heavy toll across the globe since 2020 and undermined efforts to achieve the Agenda in many regions of the world, including Latin America and the Caribbean, hardest hit by the pandemic. The last biennium has also been marked by global developments that have advers…
Los países de América Latina y el Caribe se encuentran en la mitad del período establecido para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible. El avance hacia esos Objetivos y metas se vio seriamente obstaculizado por la pandemia de enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19), que causó un fuerte impacto en el mundo a partir de 2020 y comprometió el progreso hacia la consecución de la Agenda en vastas regiones del planeta, incluida América Latina y el Caribe, la región del mundo más afectada por la pandemia. En el último bienio, se han sumado, …
The second meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 2) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – will take place on April 19-21 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
So states the agreement made between José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) – which is the United Nations regional organization that serves as Secretariat of the Agreement – and Santiago Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Aff…
La Segunda reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes (COP 2) del Acuerdo Regional sobre el Acceso a la Información, la Participación Pública y el Acceso a la Justicia en Asuntos Ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe -conocido como Acuerdo de Escazú- se realizará del 19 al 21 de abril en Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Así lo acordaron José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) -organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas que ejerce la Secretaría del Acuerdo- y Santiago Cafiero, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Argentina, me…
A Segunda Reunião da Conferência das Partes (COP 2) no Acordo Regional sobre Acesso à Informação, Participação Pública e Acesso à Justiça em Assuntos Ambientais na América Latina e no Caribe (conhecido como Acordo de Escazú) será realizada de 19 a 21 de abril em Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Assim decidiram José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretário Executivo da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), organismo regional das Nações Unidas que exerce a Secretaria do Acordo, e Santiago Cafiero, Ministro das Relações Exteriores da Argentina, mediante a assinatura de um convênio que …
Many international development agendas highlight the importance of quality data for sustainable development. With the advent of the data revolution for sustainable development, stakeholders have underscored the value of timely, usable data in informing decision-making and for monitoring progress and evaluating outcomes, be it in relation to national development planning or as regards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other international development agendas. Crucially, the COVID-19 pandemic, more than anything else in recent times, has demonstrated the value of tim…
Declining economic growth and competitiveness, the impact of the 2007–2009 global financial crisis, and the challenge of climate change and extreme weather events have hindered the sustainable development of Caribbean economies, the generation of sustained welfare gains and the achievement of key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the subregion’s vulnerability to the vagaries of global aggregate demand and commodity prices, which have largely driven the subregion’s debt upwards and dampened economic growth before its onset, compromising its ec…
Although the notion of a circular economy (CE) has been conceived and debated for more than half a century
(Henrysson and Nuur, 2021), it has gained considerable popularity in the lexicon of economists, ecologists and
other development thinkers over the past two decades. The increasing evidence of the existential threat of
human-induced climate change and the related imperatives of decarbonizing the global economy, have led to greater focus on strategies for a more sustainable use of the natural and environmental resource base.…
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