The Caribbean region remains highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In order to assess the social and economic consequences of climate change for the region, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean( ECLAC) has developed a model for this purpose. The model is refer...
Roson, Roberto
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Development of a modelling framework in support of an assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change in the Caribbean: the ECLAC – CIAM Model
En América Latina, la disponibilidad de información sobre la movilización de fondos para el financiamiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) de sus países, incluidos aquellos para enfrentar el cambio climático, resulta fundamental para estimar la capacidad de responder a los desafío...
Cipoletta Tomassian, Georgina
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Matos, Adriana
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El financiamiento para el desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe: la movilización de recursos para el desarrollo medioambiental
The document serves as a frame of reference to guide the development of national strategies for bioeconomy development. We propose a strategic framework based on four pillars: a) the 2030 Agenda; b) the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and individual country commitments expressed in their nation...
Rodríguez, Adrián G.
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Rodrigues, Mônica dos Santos
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Sotomayor Echenique, Octavio
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Towards a sustainable bioeconomy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Elements for a regional vision
This report was prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Office for the High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) in preparation for the midterm review meetin...
Pérez, Gabriel
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Sánchez, Ricardo
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Status of implementation in South America of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014-2024
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...
Flores, Adrián
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Peralta, Leda
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The enhancement of resilience to disasters and climate change in the Caribbean through the modernization of the energy sector
In light of the high debt burden impacting Caribbean economies ECLAC has been pursuing an initiative designed to reduce the debt burden and advance sustainable development. The strategy has evolved over time and there is now agreement on an approach designed to bring financial resources to the Ca...
This set of policy briefs has the objective of profiling disaster risk management (DRM) policies in five selected member States of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee: Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The present publication is the second that ECLA...
Weekes, Colleen
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Bello, Omar
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Mainstreaming disaster risk management strategies in development instruments (II): policy briefs for Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago
Este documento se basa en las ponencias y comentarios de los expertos que participaron en el seminario regional Minería para un Futuro bajo en Carbono: Oportunidades y Desafíos para el Desarrollo Sostenible, realizado los días 4 y 5 de junio de 2018 en la sede de la Comisión Económica para Améric...
En el presente trabajo se brinda un análisis comprensivo del funcionamiento de los principales fondos existentes y los instrumentos para el financiamiento del cambio climático, con el acento en el flujo de recursos principalmente de origen público, y teniendo como objetivo poner a disposición del...
Tourism has been a very dynamic activity worldwide over the last fifteen years (until the 2008-2009 economic crisis);. Some developing countries have been very active in promoting this activity and have been successful. Among these countries are several from the Central American region, w...