ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, unveiled today in the framework of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), being held in the city of Dubai (United Arab Emirates), a new report by the organization that stresses the climate financing needs for Latin America and the Caribbean in its fight against global warming.
The document entitled The Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023: Financing needs and policy tools for the transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient economies pr…
El Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, dio a conocer hoy en el marco de la 28ª Conferencia de las Partes de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (COP28) que se realiza en la ciudad de Dubái (Emiratos Árabes Unidos), un nuevo informe del organismo que destaca las necesidades de financiamiento climático para América Latina y el Caribe en su lucha contra el calentamiento global.
El documento titulado “Economía del cambio climático en América Latina y el Caribe 2023: Necesidades de financiamiento y herramientas de política para la transi…
O Secretário Executivo da CEPAL, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, apresentou na 28ª Conferência das Partes na Convenção-Quadro das Nações Unidas sobre a Mudança do Clima (COP28) na cidade de Dubai (Emirados Árabes Unidos) um novo relatório que destaca as necessidades de financiamento climático para a América Latina e o Caribe no combate ao aquecimento global.
O documento, intitulado “Economia da mudança climática na América Latina e no Caribe 2023: Necessidades de financiamento e ferramentas de política para a transição rumo a economias de baixo carbono e resilientes ao clima” (The Economics of …
The Caribbean is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, extreme weather events and other natural hazards. The subregion is also exposed to anthropogenic hazards, including petroleum and other industrial chemical spills, fires, and soil, air and water pollution. These hazards can result in loss of life and other health impacts, damage to infrastructure, social and economic disruptions and ecological degradation. To significantly reduce the negative effects of these hazards, it is important that key stakeholders, including national disaster management agencies, development partners,…
In Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS), electrical power outages are frequent in the aftermath of major weather events. While local service disruptions often last a few days after these events, nationwide power grid failures lasting several weeks, or months have resulted in enormous social and economic impacts. In 2017, Hurricane Maria left 90 per cent of the population of Dominica without access to electricity for over four months (Commonwealth of Dominica, 2020) and caused a systemwide collapse of Puerto Rico's power grid that took 11 months to be entirely restored (Campbell…
The global community claims to be committed to finding a solution to arresting rising global temperatures limiting global warming to well below 2 °C, preferably 1.5 °C (UNFCCC, 2022), to ensure that all life, livelihoods and the overall health and welfare of ecosystems animals and humans are secured (IPCC 2018). The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports paint a picture that shows increased intensity and frequency of climatic conditions and extreme events as emerging trends (IPCC 2018). Global warming beyond 1.5 °C will be devastating; in fact, projections show at 2 °C warming ma…
The complexity of the climate crisis in the Caribbean necessitates a data-based response on a global, regional, national and local level, according to the specialists gathered today at a subregional seminar entitled Strengthening environment, climate change and disaster information in the Caribbean, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in collaboration with PARIS21.
During the event, which concludes on Wednesday, August 24, representatives of national statistics offices and the Environment Ministries of Caribbean countries, as well as international s…
La complejidad de la crisis climática en el Caribe exige una respuesta basada en datos a nivel global, regional, nacional y local, coincidieron hoy especialistas reunidos en el seminario subregional Fortaleciendo la información sobre medio ambiente, cambio climático y desastres en el Caribe, organizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en colaboración con PARIS21.
Durante el evento, que culmina el miércoles 24, representantes de las oficinas nacionales de estadística y los Ministerios de Medio Ambiente de los países del Caribe, así como especialistas internacion…