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22 April 2015 | Statement

International Mother Earth Day
"This can be the year our children and grandchildren will remember as when we chose to build a sustainable and resilient future – both for Mother Earth and all those that development has until now left behind. Let us seize this historic opportunity together", Ban Ki-moon says.
31 March 2015 | News

ECLAC and IDLO Join Forces to Advise the Region’s Countries on Economic Policies Oriented towards Sustainable Development
Both institutions signed a cooperation agreement last January.
22 March 2015 | Statement

World Water Day
“Some 750 million people -- more than one in ten of the world’s population -- remain without access to an improved water supply”, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in this annual message.
21 March 2015 | Statement

International Day of Forests
"Sustaining healthy forests and mitigating and adapting to climate change are two sides of the same coin", United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in this annual message.
20 March 2015 | Statement

International Day of Happiness
"Happiness for the entire human family is one of the main goals of the United Nations", the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in his message.
10 March 2015 | Speech

Opening of the seminar to support the CELAC Plan for Food and Nutrition Security and the Eradication of Hunger 2025

Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
27 February 2015 | Speech

Secretary-General's remarks at High-level event on Women in Power and Decision-Making
By Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General.
26 February 2015 | Press Release

In Paraguay, UN Chief Sets Sights on Post-2015 Development Agenda
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with President Horacio Cartes Jara at the Government Palace.
20 February 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC Will Cooperate with Ecuador during its Period as President Pro Tempore of CELAC
The Executive Secretary of the regional United Nations organization, Alicia Bárcena, met with Ecuador’s Foreign Relations Minister, Ricardo Patiño, in Quito.
17 February 2015 | Press Release

Improving the Governance of Natural Resources Will Allow the Region to Advance Towards Development with Equality
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, gave a keynote lecture today in Mexico’s capital.
2 February 2015 | Press Release

The 2014 Edition of ECLAC’s Statistical Yearbook is Already Available
This document, which can be found starting today on the Internet, details the social, economic and environmental development of Latin America and the Caribbean.
29 January 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC Will Support the Institutional Strengthening of the Salvadoran State
El Salvador’s President, Sánchez Cerén, and the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, agree to collaborate on the implementation of economic and social public policies that benefit the citizens of that country.
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12 December 2014 | News

The RIOCC Network Has Supported the Fight Against Climate Change in Ibero-America for Ten Years
Twenty-one countries are part of the Ibero-American Network of Climate Change Offices, which celebrated its anniversary in an event in Lima with the attendance of senior government officials from the region.
11 December 2014 | News

Measuring and Reducing Carbon Footprints Would Allow Companies to Improve Their Insertion in Global Trade
During a side event of the COP 20 being held in Lima, ECLAC stated that there is a great deal of room for a positive business agenda in the face of climate change.
11 December 2014 | News

Officials and Experts Emphasize Regional Think Tanks’ Contribution to Building a Climate Change Agreement
Senior United Nations officials and representatives from research centers took part in an event held in Lima, Peru in the framework of the 20th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 20).
11 December 2014 | Infographic

Carbon Footprint and International Trade of Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean is already suffering the effects of global warming. To make a product, export it, consume it and manage (or not) its waste generates greenhouse gases (GHG) that are measured by the so-called “carbon footprint.” Reducing this footprint can be an opportunity to make the region’s exports more competitive, especially food exports.
10 December 2014 | Press Release

Climate Change in Peru Seen Affecting the Fishing, High Andes’ Livestock and Agricultural Sectors the Most
By the year 2100, the economic losses related to this phenomenon could range between 11.4% and 15.4% of national GDP.
10 December 2014 | Press Release

Climate Change Impacts Already Being Felt Will Intensify in the Future
ECLAC offers a diagnosis and numerous policy recommendations in a new report that estimates this phenomenon’s economic costs in Latin America and the Caribbean.
9 December 2014 | Announcement

Climate Change Impacts on Latin America and Peru to Be Presented in Lima

ECLAC and the Government of Peru will hold a press conference on Wednesday 10 December during the COP 20 being held in the capital of that country.
5 December 2014 | News

Experts Analyze Latin American and European Union Responses to Climate Change
ECLAC participated in a side event organized by EUROCLIMA programme at the COP20 in Lima, Peru.

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