28 Abr 2022, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:32
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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…
El Foro de Ministros y Autoridades Máximas de la Vivienda y el Desarrollo Urbano de América Latina y el Caribe (MINURVI) es la principal instancia de coordinación intergubernamental de la región en materia de vivienda y desarrollo urbano sostenible. Sus Asambleas Generales constituyen espacios clave para el diálogo político, el intercambio de experiencias y la construcción de una visión común entre los países miembros, en alianza con organismos internacionales, banca de desarrollo, sector académico y sociedad civil.
La XXXIII Asamblea General de MINURVI se llevó a cabo los días 12 y 13 de dic…
18 Feb 2019, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:36
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This set of policy briefs has the objective of profiling disaster risk management (DRM) policies in five selected member States of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee: Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The present publication is the second that ECLAC has released on the mainstreaming of DRM strategies on this topic area. In 2017, a similar document was published for the following countries: The Bahamas, Belize, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. It also aims at analysing these policies and their interactions with broader development issues an…
This policy brief has the objective of profiling disaster risk management policies in five selected member states of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee: The Bahamas, Belize, The Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica, and analyze their interactions with broader development issues and instruments, such as national development plans and climate change adaptation strategies. To this end, firstly, it presents the five pillars for Disaster Risk Managenent (DRM), namely risk identification, risk reduction, preparedness, financial protection, and resilient recovery, as well as their a…
As is well known, Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS) are vulnerable to recurrent multidimensional shocks. These have lasting social, economic, and environmental impacts; effects expected to become further aggravated in a world with a persistently warming climate. The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbates these impacts.…
El actual estilo de desarrollo mundial no es sostenible debido a su impacto simultáneo en las condiciones económicas, sociales y ambientales, que se refleja plenamente en el desafío del cambio climático. El cambio climático, originado fundamentalmente por las emisiones de origen antropogénico, produce modificaciones ya discernibles en el clima, tales como el aumento de la temperatura media global, las alteraciones en los patrones de precipitación, el alza del nivel del mar, la reducción de la criósfera y los cambios en los patrones de los eventos climáticos extremos. Los avances en los proceso…
1 - 02 Sep
2022, 05:00 - 14:00
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Evento (Reuniones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas)
En preparación para la COP27, el sistema de las Naciones Unidas, aprovechando su poder de convocatoria, red de expertos y personas influyentes a nivel regional, se asociará con la Presidencia egipcia entrante de la COP27 y los paladines de alto nivel de cambio climático de la ONU para la COP26 y la COP27 para organizar una serie de cinco foros regionales “Hacia la COP27. En este evento se analizarán algunos ejes prioritarios para la región y sus oportunidades de inversión, como la transición energética, la electromovilidad, los minerales estratégicos y la resiliencia de los pequeños Estados in…
14 Nov 2024, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 15:22
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Inequality, both among and within countries, is a significant barrier to transitioning to low-carbon, climate-resilient economies. This is especially true in regions like Latin America and the Caribbean, where high levels of structural inequality persist. The multiple dimensions of inequality include differences in carbon footprints and varying vulnerabilities to climate impacts. Developing nations are disproportionately affected by climate change because of their reduced capacity to cope with its impacts owing to their economic structures, poor access to basic services and geography.
A mix …
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…
17 - 19 Oct
2022, 05:40 - 12:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
The Caribbean region is acutely threatened by climate change, particularly the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Grenada is no exception. The country is situated in the tropical cyclone belts and is directly exposed to the forces of the oceans. And as a small geographical area, disasters might affect vast proportions of the country. Availability of quality statistics and indicators are crucial to effectively respond to the effects of climate change and build resilience.…
The eclac-Climate Impacts Assessment Model (CIAM) is a modelling platform that
has been created to assess the economic consequences of climate change in the
Caribbean. The model can be freely accessed, downloaded and even modified.
The version available is a full-fledged model which can readily be used to conduct
simulation exercises. This paper provides a general description of the model and
an illustrative simulation exercise. Our results from this exercise highlight the fact
that the Caribbean is a highly vulnerable region where climate change is expected
to generate sizeable and negative e…
This paper focuses on the recent trends of private and unilateral efforts to account for the carbon emissions of traded goods, with the objective of identifying possible risks and opportunities for Latin American and Caribbean exporters. It presents a description of the ongoing initiatives, standards and proposed legislation that are relevant to the discussion. It follows this by identifying the shortfalls and challenges of carbon footprinting, and the implications for Latin American and Caribbean export competitiveness. Finally it provides policy suggestions for the region, assuming the growi…
This brief is intended to provide general information on the upcoming United Nations Ocean Conference on scaling up ocean actions based on science and innovation for the
implementation of Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14), with a view to stimulating more active, engaged participation of the Caribbean in the discussions. The
United Nations Ocean Conference will be co-chaired by Kenya and Portugal, and hosted by the Government of Portugal in Lisbon, during 2021. The objective of this conference is consistent with the 2017 UN General Assembly proclamation on the Decade of Oce…
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is seeking to provide support to the Governments of Guyana, Jamaica and Barbados in researching the potential for employing renewable energy technologies to mitigate climate change. This exercise involves the study of different types of renewable technologies and mitigative strategies, with the aim of making recommendations to the governments on the development of their renewable energy sector. The recommendations may also assist in achieving their long-term objectives of reducing poverty and promoting healthy e…