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The Caribbean region is prone to disasters due to its geographic location. The exposures and resulting impacts of these disasters are aggravated by persistent social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities. Compounded with the region’s current dependence on imported fossil fuels and financial...

Rubén Contreras, de la Unidad de Energía y Agua de la División de Recursos Naturales de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) habla sobre el ODS 7. Se mencionan las carencias que afectan a un importante porcentaje de la región, y la necesidad de avanzar en la matriz energé...

En este informe anual de la CEPAL se presentan y analizan las principales tendencias de la inversión extranjera directa (IED) en los países de América Latina y el Caribe. En 2017 se profundizaron algunas tendencias en el escenario económico mundial que han generado un clima de incertidumbre para ...

This publication sets out and analyses the main foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2017, certain trends that had already emerged in the global economic landscape became more established. In particular, announcements of potential restric...

Saint Lucia is highly dependent on imported fossil fuels for energy production, which makes the country vulnerable to price volatility and supply shortages. Also, it is well known that the initial cost of investing in renewable technologies can be prohibitive so there is a need to find ways to av...

This document identifies mechanisms for financing investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives in the Commonwealth of Dominica. The overall objective of this study is to examine financing opportunities which will provide greater incentives for the development of energy effici...

The objective of this study is to research barriers to the identification and implementation of mechanisms for enhancing energy efficiency and investment in renewable energy in the Caribbean. Specifically the study aims to provide an assessment of the region’s status with respect to energy effici...

This document presents the evaluation report of the “Regional dialogue on energy efficiency and renewable energy policy” meeting, aimed at presenting one of the key targeted outputs of the GIZ/ECLAC project titled: “Sustainable energy in the Caribbean: Reducing the carbon footprint in the Caribb...