A new expert report commissioned by the governments of Colombia, Kenya, France and Germany urges the international community to tackle the ‘vicious circle’ of rising debt burdens, climate change and nature loss.
The Expert Review on Debt, Nature and Climate shows how climate change and nature risks are worsening the growth and debt prospects of many emerging market and developing countries (EMDCs) at the same time as rising debt service burdens are reducing their ability to tackle such risks. The report aims to support countries make their debt more sustainable to finance much-needed climate a…
Un nuevo informe de expertos, encargado por los gobiernos de Colombia, Kenia, Francia y Alemania, hace un llamado a la comunidad internacional a enfrentar el “círculo vicioso” del aumento de la deuda, el cambio climático y la pérdida de naturaleza.
“Deuda saludable en un planeta saludable, el informe final de la Revisión de Expertos sobre Deuda, Naturaleza y Clima”, muestra cómo los riesgos asociados al cambio climático y a la pérdida de biodiversidad están agravando las perspectivas de crecimiento y endeudamiento de muchos países en desarrollo y de mercados emergentes, al tiempo que el a…
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 …
El sistema entrega información en tiempo real y ha sido desarrollado con el apoyo del Centro de Modelamiento Matemático de la Universidad de Chile (CMM) y financiado por el Programa EUROCLIMA.…
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…
Presentation by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
“In these difficult times, we must be careful because environmental standards are being relaxed. We cannot afford this. We are facing a global public ‘bad’ – the COVID-19 pandemic – but the next one will be the climate crisis. We must build back better and that means doing so with equality and sustainability,” Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said today during a high-level virtual event organized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation…
Presentación de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL (en inglés)
“En estos tiempos difíciles, debemos tener cuidado porque los estándares ambientales se están relajando. No podemos permitirlo. Estamos enfrentando un mal público global -la pandemia del COVID-19, pero el próximo es la crisis climática. Debemos reconstruir mejor y eso significa hacerlo con igualdad y sostenibilidad”, declaró hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante un evento virtual de alto nivel organizado por la Organización para la C…
The world is facing a humanitarian and health crisis without precedent in the last century. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has battered economies already weakened by slow growth and mounting inequality. As uncertainty grows over the extent of the pandemic, economies and societies are shutting down and coming to a standstill. The short- and even medium-term impacts may be devastating. The region of Latin America and the Caribbean faces this crisis from a situation of economic growth that is insufficient to reduce poverty and increase employment at the pace needed by its societies. …
El mundo se encuentra ante una crisis humanitaria y sanitaria sin precedents en el último siglo. La enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) ha golpeado a economías debilitadas por el lento crecimiento y el aumento de la desigualdad. Ante la incertidumbre sobre el alcance de la pandemia, las economías y las sociedades se cierran y paralizan. Los efectos de corto e, incluso, mediano plazo pueden ser devastadores. La región de América Latina y el Caribe enfrenta esta crisis en una situación de crecimiento económico insuficiente para reducir la pobreza y aumentar el empleo al ritmo que necesitan sus…
This study contributes to the limited literature on environmental impact assessments by undertaking an ex post evaluation of a programme to improve the environment through various community-based initiatives that promote education and citizen participation in Chile. In line with the selection criteria for the projects and the nature of the data available, the instrumental variables method is used to determine this programme’s effect on perceived problems associated with multiple environmental issues. The results reveal that, in the short term, only the perception of odour pollution improves, w…
Con este estudio se busca ampliar la escasa literatura existente sobre evaluación de impacto en temáticas ambientales. Específicamente, se realiza una evaluación ex post de un programa dirigido a mejorar el medio ambiente mediante diversas iniciativas comunitarias que promueven la educación y la participación ciudadana en Chile. De acuerdo con las características de selección de los proyectos y la naturaleza de los datos disponibles, se utiliza el método de variables instrumentales para determinar el efecto de este programa sobre la percepción de problemas asociados a múltiples componentes amb…
Monetary regimes and labour institutions: an alternative interpretation of the downward trend in exchange-rate pass-through in peripheral countries / Martín Cherkasky and Martín Abeles . -- Models of the developmental state / Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira .-- The development of venture capital in Latin America and the Caribbean: a comparative perspective / Ernesto H. Stein and Rodrigo A. Wagner .-- The heterogeneity of effects of preschool education on cognitive outcomes in Latin America / Juan Antonio Dip and Luis Fernando Gamboa .-- Economic growth and financial development in Brazil: a flexib…
With a call to strengthen multilateralism, democracy and regional cooperation, the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. This event brings together representatives of government, civil society, international organizations, the private sector and academia to review the progress and challenges related to implementing the 2030 Agenda in the region.
The high-level event – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the govern…
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