12 December 2014 | Briefing note
The Ministers and Heads of Delegation attending the twentieth session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP20) held in Lima, Peru, from 1 to 12 December 2014 adopted the Lima Declaration on Education and Awareness-raising.
4 de December de 2014 | Briefing note
Durante este jueves 4 y viernes 5 de diciembre, y en el marco de la Conferencia de las Partes de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático, que se realiza en Lima, el Programa EUROCLIMA desarrollará el evento denominado “Respuestas regionales conjuntas de la Unión Europea y América Latina, frente al cambio climático”.
1 de December de 2014 | Briefing note
En el marco de la preparación del programa Hábitat III y del convenio firmado entre la ciudad de Sao Paulo y la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, se realizó los días 27 y 28 de noviembre, en la sede de CEPAL en Santiago, la reunión “Agenda urbana para las metrópolis sudamericanas”.
18 November 2014 | Briefing note
In the framework of the Open Government Partnership Regional Meeting for the Americas held in San José, Costa Rica on 18 and 19 November, ECLAC, the Governments of Costa Rica and Chile and the Access Initiative organized the side event "Strengthening environmental democracy through international processes."
17 November 2014 | Briefing note
The Vice Minister of Women of the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations of Peru, Ana María Alejandra Mendieta, reported on the developments of the regional process on Principle 10 at the 51 Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women of Latin America and the Caribbean held in Santiago between 17 and 19 November 2014.
28 de October de 2014 | Briefing note
Expertos del ámbito público y privado se reunirán en la sede de Cepal, este miércoles 29 y jueves 30 de octubre, para analizar el panorama general de los efectos a largo plazo del cambio climático sobre los recursos hídricos de América Latina y el Caribe en el seminario “Recursos hídricos bajo incertidumbre y riesgo al cambio climático: herramientas para los tomadores de decisión de los sectores público y privado”.
23 de October de 2014 | Briefing note
El quinto encuentro sobre análisis de políticas públicas con Modelos de Equilibrio General Computable (EGC) para América Latina y el Caribe se realizará los días 27 y 28 de Octubre de 2014 en Bogotá, Colombia. Esta conferencia es organizada por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), en colaboración con el Banco de la República de Colombia, Universidad del Rosario y la Universidad EAFIT.
20 October 2014 | Briefing note
In an open letter addressed to the State Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change urging for a human rights-based approach to climate change, 28 United Nations Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts called for the respect of access rights in climate policy.
10 de October de 2014 | Briefing note
Representantes de 19 países de América Latina y el Caribe se congregaron en la tercera "Reunión de Jefes Negociadores de Cambio Climático de América Latina y el Caribe" para abordar los desafíos actuales y avanzar en la construcción de un nuevo acuerdo climático para la comunidad internacional a partir de 2015, cuyas bases se acordarán en la próxima Conferencia de las Partes (COP), que tendrá lugar en diciembre de este año.
10 de October de 2014 | Briefing note
Entre el 8 y el 10 de octubre se desarrolló en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) el Tercer Taller de la Plataforma Regional de Estrategias de Desarrollo Bajo en Emisiones para América Latina y el Caribe (LEDS LAC), evento que fue organizado en conjunto por la División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos de la CEPAL y el Ministerio de Medio Ambiente de Chile.
22 September 2014 | Briefing note
By means of an official statement sent to ECLAC on 22 September 2014, the Plurinational State of Bolivia made official its participation in the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
1 de September de 2014 | Briefing note
Entre el 20 y 22 de agosto se llevó a cabo, en Ciudad de México, la XXIII Asamblea General de Ministros y Máximas Autoridades de la Vivienda y el Urbanismo de América Latina y el Caribe (MINURVI). El evento anual fue organizado por la Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano, y la Comisión Nacional de Vivienda de la República de México y contó con la participación de 17 países de la región.
4 July 2014 | Briefing note
ECLAC, in its capacity of Technical Secretariat of the Declaration on Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean, together with representatives of the governments of Chile and Costa Rica and civil society organizations from the region, took part in the Fifth Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention and the Second Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kiev Protocol held in Maastricht (Netherlands) between 29 June and 4 July 2014.
26 June 2014 | Briefing note
In the first ever United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) held in Nairobi (Kenya) between 23 and 27 June 2014, delegates and representatives from 163 Member States of the United Nations adopted resolution UNEP/EA.1/L.13 on the “Implementation of Principle 10 in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development”.
19 May 2014 | Briefing note
The 50 Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean invited the Technical Secretariat of the Declaration to present the process on Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean. The presentation offered a general overview of the process and referred to the links between gender and Principle 10.
9 May 2014 | Briefing note
Delegates from ECLAC's member States and associate members, gathered in Lima, Peru, between 5 and 9 May 2014, approved Resolution 686 (XXXV) on the Application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
24 March 2014 | Briefing note
The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on human rights and the environment (A/HRC/25/L.31) in its twenty-fifth session. It its resolution, the Council notes with appreciation the reports of the Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
14 March 2014 | Briefing note
The Ministers of Environment and Heads of Delegation to the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico from 12 to 14 March 2014 invited countries of the region to further develop actions on the implementation of the rights of access to information, public participation and access to environmental justice set forth in Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration.
10 March 2014 | Briefing note
The UN Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, John Knox, presented a report containing a compilation of human rights obligations relating to the environment (A/HRC/25/53) to the Human Rights Council.
21 February 2014 | Briefing note
By means of an official statement sent to ECLAC on 21 February 2014, El Salvador joined the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.