Sustainable Development Conferences
2013
March 5-9, 2013 / Bogotá, Colombia
Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the development agenda beyond 2015 and Rio+20 and the Caribbean Forum: Shaping a Sustainable Development Agenda to address the Caribbean Reality in the 21st Century
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held the Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the development agenda beyond 2015 and Rio+20 at the Monserrate Conference Room of the Crowne Plaza Tequendama Hotel in Bogota, Colombia on 5-9 of March 2013. This conference was preceded by the Caribbean Forum: Shaping a Sustainable Development Agenda to address the Caribbean Reality in the 21st Century held the 5-6 of March in the Red Conference Room of the same hotel. The meeting focused on development goals, global and regional governance and the discussion, from a regional perspective, of agreements adopted in order to inform the ongoing global processes.
2012
June 20-22, 2012 / Riocentro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)
The conference took place twenty years after the landmark 1992 Earth Summit in Rio. At the Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from the private sector, NGOs and other groups, came together to shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet.The official discussions focused on two main themes: how to build a green economy to achieve sustainable development and lift people out of poverty; and how to improve international coordination for sustainable development.
2011
September 7-9, 2011 / ECLAC, Santiago, Chile
ountries of the region agreed to a joint conclusion. On this web page, please find the conclusions of the meeting agreed to by the countries, a report of the meeting with a list of participants, as well as interventions, presentations, background and working documents from the meeting.
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