31 March 2023 | Briefing note
On Friday, March 31, said panel discussion on water security was held online, organized by the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD). This, as a space to share relevant information and knowledge on water security and drought management.
24 March 2023 | Briefing note
On the third day of the United Nations Water Conference 2023, ECLAC participated in the side event "Accelerating the implementation of the Water Action Agenda", co-organized by the five United Nations Regional Commissions, for Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, West Asia and Africa.
23 March 2023 | Briefing note
Last Thursday, March 23rd, 2023, the Natural Resources Division participated in the side event organized by the Executive Secretariat of the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD), in New York, United States.
23 March 2023 | Briefing note
ECLAC participated in the side event “Innovation in Water Governance: Breaking boundaries for water and climate”, organized by the Stockholm Environment Institute.
23 March 2023 | Briefing note
This week, ECLAC co-organized, together with the Ministry of Housing, City and Territory of Colombia, the side event "Network and Observatory for Water Sustainability (ROSA): promoting the Regional Water Action Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean”. This was presented during the United Nations Water Conference 2023, currently taking place in New York.
22 March 2023 | Briefing note
Within the framework of World Water Day, DW interviewed Silvia Saravia, who analyzes the effects of droughts and floods on the socio-economic development of Latin America and the Caribbean.
22 March 2023 | Briefing note
Next week the United Nations Water Conference will take place in New York, an event that has not been held since 1977. Here, ECLAC will be participating in different events to highlight the needs and commitments of the region, in such a way that they remain framed in the Action Agenda for Water that will be elaborated from there.
22 March 2023 | Briefing note
ECLAC has presented a Regional Action Agenda for Water, which consolidates the commitments of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations Water Conference in New York. This, to face the challenge of achieving Goal 6 of the 2023 Sustainable Development Agenda, to guarantee the availability of water and its sustainable management and sanitation for all.
6 March 2023 | Briefing note
ECLAC's Natural Resources Division participated in the event "Water Dialogues for Life", whose objective is to create a proposal for action that Bolivia will take to the United Nations World Water Conference, scheduled for 22 and March 24.
3 March 2023 | Briefing note
During the past week, ECLAC was part of the Regional Forum "Accelerate the change towards SDG 6", an event organized within the framework of the General Assembly of GWP Central America and ahead of the 2023 UN Water Conference.
28 February 2023 | Briefing note
The event was held on February 28th to support the process of involving the youth from Latin America and the Caribbean in assessing the United Nations 2030 Agenda, where ECLAC's Natural Resources Division participated in the training with an intervention on SDGs 6 and 7.
22 February 2023 | Briefing note
Last week, ECLAC was part of the "Environmental Education and Comprehensive Water Management" Congress, whose objective was to create a space for reflection and analysis on comprehensive water management to generate a model of water-environmental education with a gender focus.
6 February 2023 | Briefing note
During the past week, ECLAC organized the Third Edition of the Regional Water Dialogues in LAC, which are part of the regional preparatory process for the 2023 United Nations Water Conference.
2 February 2023 | Briefing note
On February the 2nd of 2023, the panel "Water, Financing and Health" was organized during the Regional Water Dialogues for Latin America and the Caribbean, which took place between February 1 and 3 at the headquarters of ECLAC in Santiago de Chile.
1 February 2023 | Briefing note
The renowned Professor of Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London, Dr Mariana Mazzucato, was interviewed by ECLAC, within the framework of the regional preparatory process for the 2023 UN Water Conference.
31 January 2023 | Briefing note
During the Regional Water Dialogues in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023, ECLAC launched the project "Regional Network and Observatory for Water Sustainability, ROSA", and convened the first meeting of the project for the representatives of the five pilot countries: Colombia, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Panama.
31 January 2023 | Briefing note
The workshop, organized on Tuesday, January 31st, 2023, took place at the Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Servidas Mapucho-Trebal, of Aguas Andinas, potable water and sanitation company in Santiago, Chile. The event featured experts in the wastewater treatment process and representatives of potable water and sanitation agencies from Panama, El Salvador and Mexico.
16 January 2023 | Briefing note
Within the framework of the project "Potable Water, Sanitation and Renewable Energies to improve the health conditions of the population and promote productive uses in the most lagging municipalities / territories of El Salvador, Mexico and Panama", ECLAC carried out a diagnosis of the provision of drinking water, sanitation and sewerage services in the project countries.
21 de December de 2022 | Briefing note
En el primer taller presencial del “Foro permanente de diálogo técnico sobre innovación, desarrollo tecnológico y agregación de valor al litio de los países del Triángulo”, que articula la CEPAL y del cual participan YPF Tecnología (Y-TEC) de Argentina, Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) de Bolivia y la Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (CORFO) de Chile; sus representantes se reunieron junto a expertos para compartir experiencias y conocimientos que contribuyan a la vigilancia tecnológica para identificar avances y desarrollos que permitan una actividad minera del litio más sostenible en los salares.
2 de December de 2022 | Briefing note
El día 2 de diciembre, la CEPAL y el Instituto Federal de Geociencias y Recursos Naturales de Alemania (BGR) organizaron en Bogotá, Colombia, el evento titulado “Experiencias internacionales en el manejo de los pasivos ambientales”