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20 April 2023 | News

Parliamentarians Commit to Building a Regional Agenda for Climate Ambition and a Just Transition

The first Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean took place today at ECLAC.

18 April 2023 | Announcement

Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Take Place at ECLAC

The event will be held on Thursday, April 20 in the framework of the first in-person meeting of the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC).

Canciller Santiago Cafiero y José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL.

31 March 2023 | Announcement

Argentina Will Host the Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement

The COP 2 of Latin America and the Caribbean’s first environmental treaty will bring together authorities from the region’s countries, representatives of regional and international organizations and members of the public, on April 19-21 in Buenos Aires.

26 September 2022 | News

Legislative Proposals for Sustainable Development Were Presented in the Brazilian Federal Senate

The Environment Committee of Brazil’s Federal Senate promoted a public presentation of more than 30 legislative proposals, drafted with ECLAC’s technical support, for driving the country’s development with economic, social and environmental sustainability.

29 September 2021 | News

New Report Highlights Paths for Generating Employment, Work and Income Based on Sustainable Investments in Brazil

ECLAC’s Office in Brazil, DIEESE and FES Brasil launched a report on The Big Push for Sustainability and the dynamics of employment, work and income: Work in the context of the Brazilian economy’s social and ecological transformation.

22 December 2020 | News

ECLAC, CGEE, EPE and the IEA Present Overview of Investments in Clean Energy Innovation in Brazil

ECLAC, CGEE, EPE and the IEA held a webinar entitled “Energy Big Push: Accelerating clean energy innovation in Brazil,” where they presented new publications on investment in clean energy innovation in the South American country.

29 June 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Moving Towards a Big Push for Sustainability as a Strategy for Emerging from the Current Crisis

In a joint virtual seminar with the Federal Senate of Brazil, the commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, emphasized that a new development model will be needed after the COVID-19 pandemic.

22 June 2020 | News

ECLAC Presents Cases of Transformative Investments for a Sustainable Economy in Brazil

ECLAC’s Office in Brasilia, along with the Global Compact Network Brazil, held a “Big Push for Sustainability” webinar on May 26 in which more than 60 case studies on investments for sustainable development in Brazil were presented.

26 May 2020 | Press Release

Greater International Financial Cooperation is Crucial for Latin American and Caribbean Countries to be Able to Face the “Perfect Storm” Unleashed by the COVID-19 Crisis

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated on Tuesday, May 26, in a series of events on the pandemic’s economic, social and environmental effects in the region.

13 June 2019 | News

ECLAC Wants to Get to Know Case Studies on Impact Investments for Sustainable Development in Brazil

Researchers, private-sector professionals, businesspeople, representatives of civil society, policymakers and civil servants are invited to submit case studies.

24 March 2017 | Press Release

Negotiations for Regional Agreement on Rights of Access in Environmental Matters Will Continue in Argentina

Countries will advance on the quest for a legal instrument on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in late July in Buenos Aires.

21 March 2017 | Press Release

Countries Resume Negotiations in Brazil on Unprecedented Regional Agreement on Environmental Matters

A legal instrument is expected on rights of access to environmental information, participation and justice for 2017.

Imagem da cidade de Manaus na Amazônia brasileira.

15 March 2017 | News

ECLAC Assesses Performance of Brazil’s National Climate Change Fund

A report prepared by the regional organization in collaboration with Ipea and the German cooperation mechanism (GIZ) highlights the fact that Brazil is one of the few countries in the world with its own instrument for funding climate change policies.

16 March 2017 | Announcement

Brasilia Will Host New Round of Negotiations for Regional Agreement on Rights of Access in Environmental Matters

The meeting will be held March 20-24, 2017 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in the Brazilian capital.

foto de los participantes en la cumbre Mercociudades

18 de November de 2015 | News

CEPAL apoyará a la red Mercociudades en temas de desarrollo urbano sostenible

El Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto, Antonio Prado, representó al organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas en la XX Cumbre de Mercociudades realizada en São Paulo, Brasil.

9 de June de 2015 | News

Brasil acoge coloquio sobre desigualdad y segregación en las ciudades

El Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la CEPAL, Antonio Prado, participó en el encuentro, convocado por el organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas en conjunto con la Prefectura de Sao Paulo.

13 de May de 2015 | Speech

Coloquio UNASUR-Instituto Lula sobre Integración de las Cadenas Productivas en América del Sur

Conferencia inaugural de Antonio Prado, Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la CEPAL.