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Addressing Water Security in the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Pick Up the Pace to Achieve Fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

Latin America and the Caribbean must pick up the pace to achieve fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), representatives of the region’s 33 countries, of United Nations agencies and of regional, multilateral and civil society organizations warned today at the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which concluded this Friday, April 28, at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. As the meeting came to a close, the delegates insisted that while we are halfway through the period agreed upon…

América Latina y el Caribe deberá acelerar el paso para lograr el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible hacia 2030

América Latina y el Caribe deberá acelerar el paso para lograr el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) de la Agenda 2030, alertaron hoy los representantes de los 33 países de la región, de agencias de las Naciones Unidas y organismos regionales, multilaterales y de la sociedad civil presentes en la Sexta Reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, que finalizó este viernes 28 de abril en la sede central de la CEPAL en Santiago, Chile. Al cierre de la reunión los delegados insistieron en que, si bien nos encontramos en la …

A América Latina e o Caribe deverão acelerar o passo para alcançar o cumprimento dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável em 2030

A América Latina e o Caribe deverão acelerar o passo para alcançar o cumprimento dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) da Agenda 2030, alertaram hoje os representantes dos 33 países da região, de agências das Nações Unidas e organismos regionais, multilaterais e da sociedade civil presentes na Sexta Reunião do Fórum dos Países da América Latina e do Caribe sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável, encerrado esta sexta-feira, 28 de abril, na sede central da CEPAL em Santiago, Chile. No encerramento da reunião os delegados insistiram em que, embora nos encontremos na metade do período acor…

Resilient and affordable housing in the Caribbean: Policy recommendations towards a transformative, green and inclusive recovery strategy. Policy Brief

The Caribbean faces multidimensional vulnerabilities driven by climate change and aggravated by Small Island Developing States’ natural and economic characteristics (SIDS). A critical natural feature of SIDS is the extreme vulnerability to climate-change-induced events. Economically, the Caribbean has followed the global trend of seeing its urban areas swell during the last decades. Moreover, the region’s coastal areas expose human settlements, infrastructure, and businesses to external shocks, such as climate change-induced extreme weather events. In addition, the 2019 novel coronavirus disea…

The Hummingbird Vol. 9 No. 2

Conceptualizing a circular economy in the Caribbean: perspectives and possibilities. Policy Brief

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.…

The Hummingbird Vol. 8 No. 7

Environmental Big Push in the Caribbean

Caribbean in Brief: an information document for Caribbean Small Island Developing States

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 Hummingbird Vol. 7 No. 11

Policy Brief: Planning for resilience: an integrated approach to tackle climate change in the Caribbean

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…

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"La sostenibilidad ambiental es impostergable y requiere de amplios acuerdos"

(6 de junio, 2014) "La sostenibilidad ambiental es impostergable, requiere de amplios acuerdos y plantea desafíos a los patrones de consumo y de producción", planteó hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante un encuentro en Ciudad de México. La alta funcionaria de las Naciones Unidas dictó la conferencia magistral de cierre de la celebración del 30° aniversario del Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo del Instituto Politécnico Nacional de México (CIIEMAD-IPN), realizada…

Natural resources within the Union of South American Nations: status and trends for a regional development agenda

This publication identifies the different legal and economic instruments which States invoke in order to assert ownership of and distribute the revenue derived from the exploitation of mineral, water and hydrocarbon resources. These instruments include: legislation and special regulations; sectoral planning policies and regimes for public-private partnerships for investment and development; institutions created for regulatory purposes, mechanisms for the control and distribution of revenue from natural resources between levels of government; direct participation in the development of resources…

Recursos naturales en UNASUR: situación y tendencias para una agenda de desarrollo regional

En esta publicación se precisan los diferentes instrumentos jurídicos y económicos de que disponen los Estados para apropiarse y distribuir las rentas derivadas de la explotación de los recursos naturales relacionados con la minería, los recursos hídricos y los hidrocarburos. Entre esos instrumentos se cuentan: legislación y regulación particular; planificación y formulación de políticas sectoriales y regímenes de participación público-privada en la inversión y el desarrollo; creación de institucionalidad específica a los objetivos regulatorios, de fiscalización y distribución de las rentas de…