Pasar al contenido principal

Listado de noticias

Search News Go to search results

Resultados de búsqueda

Reiniciar
Showing 1 to 5 of 5 results in 1 pages.
Photo showing Event Details
14 mayo 2024 | Noticias

High-Level Country Representatives To Explore How Climate Change Legislation Can Bolster Climate Finance In The Caribbean
High-profile Caribbean leaders and decision-makers, including the Premier of the British Virgin Islands, are set to explore how innovative laws can boost climate finance in Caribbean SIDS at the event titled “Climate Change and Environmental Legislation in Support of the Delivery of the New Programme of Action for SIDS”. The initiative is being convened by the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC), on 29 May 2024 in Antigua and Barbuda, as a side event to the 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4).
Imagine a World Without Islands
13 mayo 2024 | Noticias

“Imagine a World Without Islands” campaign Hands Megaphone to Island People Ahead of SIDS4 Conference
The United Nations Information Centre for the Caribbean Area (UNIC Caribbean) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean subregional headquarters for the Caribbean (ECLAC Caribbean) are proud to announce the launch of the “Imagine a World Without Islands” campaign. With small island developing States (SIDS) facing a shaky and uncertain future, this initiative will lean on island voices to make the case that SIDS and their way of life are worth fighting for.
Caribbean Youth Dialogues 2024
25 de marzo de 2024 | Noticias

Un centenar de jóvenes caribeños debatirán cómo lograr el desarrollo sostenible y el futuro de la región, en los Diálogos de la Juventud del Caribe que se realizarán en abril
Alrededor de 100 jóvenes del Caribe se reunirán y debatirán el 3 y 4 de abril en los Diálogos de la Juventud del Caribe 2024 sobre asuntos que afectan al desarrollo sostenible y a su futura existencia como pueblos insulares en peligro. Los jóvenes del Caribe se reunirán para intercambiar ideas sobre cómo encaminar a los pequeños Estados insulares en desarrollo del Caribe por la senda del desarrollo sostenible, al tiempo que se enfrentan a un desarrollo lento, a las repercusiones de la pandemia del COVID y a otros retos sociales y económicos.
Director Diane Quarless of ECLAC Caribbean says #investinwomen
7 marzo 2024 | Noticias

ECLAC Caribbean Encourages Regional Leaders to Use Resources for Progress on Gender Equality for Women and Girls
The international community has committed to making every effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, yet we remain disturbingly behind when it comes to meeting the targets for achievement of gender equality and empowering all women and girls. The SDG indicators measuring progress on this goal signal that, globally, we are only on track to reach 15.4 per cent of the targets set for gender equality. Even more worrisome is the fact that 61.5 per cent of the gender equality targets are far or very far off track.
Photo of traffic in Port of Spain, Trinidad
22 Enero 2024 | Noticias

Trinidad and Tobago Commuters Spend One Month of Life in Traffic Every Year… Direct Economic Cost of Traffic in T&T - $2.26B

The direct economic cost of traffic in Trinidad and Tobago is an estimated TT$2.26 billion per year or 1.37 per cent of GDP; with the average commuter spending an average 793 hours, cumulatively 33 days – one month of the year in traffic delays. These are two of the main findings of the study Assessment of the economic costs of vehicle traffic congestion in the Caribbean – A case study of Trinidad and Tobago, produced by ECLAC Caribbean.