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Banner Regional Dialogues of Water 2024 ENG
13 March 2024 | News

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Reaffirm their Commitment to the Regional Water Action Agenda
The Regional Water Dialogues 2024 concluded today in Costa Rica, having drawn the participation of more than 1,000 people from 37 countries in the region and the world.
11 March 2024 | Press Release

Proper Water Management Allows for Energizing Sustainable Development, Increasing Equality, Improving Adaptation to the Climate Crisis and Facilitating Peace
Today the fourth edition of the Regional Water Dialogues in Latin America and the Caribbean began in San José, Costa Rica, organized by ECLAC in collaboration with IICA.
11 de March de 2024 | Speech

IV Edición de los Diálogos Regionales del Agua en América Latina y el Caribe 2024: Hacia el Foro Mundial del Agua 2024
Palabras de apertura de José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL.
Banner Regional Dialogues of Water 2024 ENG
6 March 2024 | Announcement

Fourth Edition of the Regional Water Dialogues to Be Held in Costa Rica
The annual meeting organized by ECLAC and IICA will be held March 11-13 at IICA headquarters in San José. High-level officials from Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to attend.
28 April 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Pick Up the Pace to Achieve Fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
Halfway through the period agreed upon by United Nations Member States in 2015, greater progress on the targets will require the participation of all stakeholders as well as structural transformations in the region, delegates warned at the conclusion of the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
Photo of the closing session
3 February 2023 | News

Countries Approve Regional Water Action Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean
The document is the main outcome of the Regional Water Dialogues 2023, which concluded today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
1 February 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Urges for Promoting Investment in Water Services to Improve Well-Being, Quality of Life and to Reactivate the Region’s Economy
The third edition of the Regional Water Dialogues in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated today at the regional commission’s headquarters in Chile.
Regional Water Dialogues in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023
27 January 2023 | Announcement

Third Edition of the Regional Water Dialogues in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Take Place at ECLAC
This high-level ministerial event will be held on February 1-3 and is part of the regional preparatory process for the UN 2023 Water Conference, which will take place in March in New York.
Imagen reunión Latin America Energy Week
22 June 2021 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean Has All the Right Conditions to Become a Renewable Energy Hub with Great Potential in Green Hydrogen
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, gave a presentation on a high-level international panel held in the framework of Latin America Energy Week, where she affirmed the urgency of the transition towards renewable energies with full social inclusion.
Portada del documento.
17 de December de 2020 | News

CEPAL presenta primer panorama regional de los océanos, mares y los recursos marinos en América Latina y el Caribe
El documento, elaborado con el apoyo del Gobierno de Noruega, ofrece a los países de la región la oportunidad de avanzar en la implementación transversal y azul de la Agenda 2030, con los océanos como eje central.
29 January 2020 | Infographic

Natural resources: challenges and opportunities for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean is endowed with abundant natural resources, but these are distributed unevenly. ECLAC supports effective and democratic governance of natural resources to achieve the aspirations of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
foto Peter Thomson
1 August 2019 | Announcement

United Nations Special Envoy for the Ocean to Visit ECLAC

On Wednesday, August 7, Peter Thomson will meet with Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the UN regional organization, and will hold a press conference afterwards at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
15 de September de 2017 | Press Release

América Latina y el Caribe requiere una adecuada gobernanza de sus recursos naturales para avanzar hacia la transformación productiva

En el programa “Horizontes CEPAL”, la Directora de la División de Recursos Naturales e Infraestructura del organismo, Jeannette Sánchez, señaló que esta gobernanza es fundamental para lograr un desarrollo más igualitario y sostenible en la región.
foto taller PIANC-CEPAL-ANTAQ
25 de October de 2016 | News

CEPAL impulsa diálogo sobre las vías navegables en América Latina
Organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas presentó una propuesta de clasificación fluvial para la región durante conferencia mundial en Río de Janeiro.
8 June 2016 | Statement

World Oceans Day
Last year, in adopting the landmark 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Member States underscored that healthy and productive oceans will play a crucial role in achieving the SDGs, Ban Ki-moon says in his message.
5 October 2015 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena: Conserving the Oceans Demands a Global Action

During the Our Ocean conference, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary moderated a panel attended by the Secretary of State of the United States, John Kerry, and Prince Albert of Monaco, among other senior authorities and international officials.
14 de July de 2015 | News

Preocupa eficacia de las leyes de agua en América Latina y el Caribe
Funcionarios de gobierno y especialistas se reunieron en la CEPAL para analizar las normativas recientemente aprobadas y aquellas en debate en la región.
13 de July de 2015 | Announcement

Debatirán sobre políticas de agua y conflictos socioambientales relacionados con este recurso

El martes 14 de julio se realizará una reunión de expertos en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago de Chile.
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.
31 de July de 2014 | News

Estiman impactos económicos del cambio climático en Colombia

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