ECLAC-POS
14 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 February 2012: The subregional headquarters for the Caribbean of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) recently convened an expert group to discuss the status of regional efforts to develop economic frameworks to assess the economic and social impacts of climate change in the Caribbean in key sectors.
The expert group, which met in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 2-3 February 2012, assessed progress made in the data gathering process, the successes...
16 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
December 2011: The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has published a report that examines current and future trends in climate variability and their likely impacts on the region’s extensive coastline.
The report, prepared by the Environmental Hydraulics Institute of the University of Cantabria, Spain, analyzes and provides an atlas of the current physical conditions and changes detected in key coastal variables in 44,851 miles of LAC coastline, such as...
16 Jan 2012
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean will host a two-day meeting of around 30 experts on economic modeling to examine the methodological issues in modelling the macroeconomic impacts of climate change in the Caribbean. Participants will be apprised of the initiatives on econometric modeling that have already been employed in the Caribbean and assess their limitations and strengths. [ for more information: http://sids-l....
16 Jan 2012
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean's (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean will convene an expert group to discuss waste management issues facing Caribbean island nations. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/expert-group-meeting-to-examine-waste-and-waste-management-issues-in-the-caribbean/ ]
16 Jan 2012
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), with technical support from the UN Economic and Social Commission's (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, will hold a UNCSD preparatory event for the Caribbean. The PrepCom will be organized in conjunction with the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/uncsd-...
