Workshop on public participation in international negotiations on environmental matters: Panel on environmental justice and access rights for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean

This publication was prepared with financial support from the United Nations Development Account and the project “Addressing critical socio-environmental challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean ”

Social Panorama of Latin America 2004

Includes bibliography

Sistema de cuentas ambientales y económicas del agua. Borrador final

El Sistema de Cuentas Ambientales y Económicas del Agua (SCAE-Agua) proporciona el marco conceptual para la organización coherente y consistente de la información hídrica y económica. El presente manual está basado en el Sistema de Cuentas Ambientales y Económicas 2003 (Naciones Unidas, 2003) que describe la interacción entre el sistema económico y el medio ambiente, cubriendo todo el espectro de los recursos naturales y el medio ambiente. Tanto el SCAE-2003 como el SCAE-Agua, tienen como marco básico el Sistema de Cuentas Nacionales 1993 que es el sistema estándar para la compilación de estadísticas económicas y de los indicadores económicos derivados, entre los que destaca el Producto Interno Bruto.

Sistemas de buenas prácticas en desarrollo económico local: una revisión preliminar de la experiencia

Incluye Bibliografía

Temario provisional. Segunda Reunión de los Puntos Focales Designados por los Gobiernos de los Países Signatarios de la Declaración sobre la aplicación del principio 10 de la Declaración de Río sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe

Incluye Bibliografía

Temario provisional anotado. Segunda Reunión de los Puntos Focales Designados por los Gobiernos de los Países Signatarios de la Declaración sobre la aplicación del principio 10 de la Declaración de Río sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe

Incluye Bibliografía

Distribución del primer borrador del plan de acción hasta 2014. Nota de la Secretaría

Incluye Bibliografía

Annotated provisional agenda. Second meeting of the focal points appointed by the Governments of the signatory countries of the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Incluye Bibliografía

Provisional agenda. Second meeting of the focal points appointed by the Governments of the signatory countries of the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Incluye Bibliografía

Free trade and the development of sustainable agriculture in the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Big data and open data as sustainability tools: A working paper prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

The two main forces affecting economic development are the ongoing technological revolution and the challenge of sustainability. Technological change is altering patterns of production, consumption and behaviour in societies; at the same time, it is becoming increasingly difficult to ensure the sustainability of these new patterns because of the constraints resulting from the negative externalities generated by economic growth and, in many cases, by technical progress itself. Reorienting innovation towards reducing or, if possible, reversing the effects of these externalities could create the conditions for synergies between the two processes. Views on the subject vary widely: while some maintain that these synergies can easily be created if growth follows an environmentally friendly model, summarized in the concept of green growth, others argue that production and consumption patterns are changing too slowly and that any technological fix will come too late. These considerations apply to hard technologies, essentially those used in production. The present document explores the opportunities being opened up by new ones, basically information and communication technologies, in terms of increasing the effectiveness (outcomes) and efficiency (relative costs) of soft technologies that can improve the way environmental issues are handled in business management and in public policy formulation and implementation.

Children’s rights in the digital age

The digital divide exacerbates inequalities in access to information and knowledge, making it more difficult to socialize with peers and limiting awareness of and the ability to use basic tools for life in society. Reducing this gap sets in motion virtuous synergies of social and cultural inclusion for children and adolescents, facilitating skills development and generating lifelong opportunities. Although the younger generations are connected digital natives, inequalities persist among socioeconomic groups, though these have been tempered by connectivity programmes in public schools in the region. The main article of this edition of Challenges uses current information to examine the progress made and the gaps that remain in this area. Providing children and adolescents with access is merely a first step. They then need to be protected from the risks associated with information and communications technologies (ICTs), which must be harnessed for purposes of meaningful learning, promoting uses that are more in line with the educational curriculum. Lastly, the article posits that connectivity policies must be linked to the fulfilment of children’s rights in the framework of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. As is customary, this issue also contains information on meetings and conferences held in the region during the year and recent publications in this field. Mention is also made of good practices from Peru in reducing gender gaps and a joint initiative between mobile operators and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to protect children in the digital age. Viewpoints includes expert opinion on the potential of ICTs as tools that can facilitate the exercise of the rights of children and adolescents, but also lead to violations of these rights.

El desafío de la sostenibilidad ambiental en América Latina y el Caribe. Textos seleccionados 2012-2014

Prólogo de Alicia Bárcena.

Documento preliminar del instrumento regional sobre el acceso a la información, la participación pública y el acceso a la justicia en asuntos ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe

Este documento técnico ha sido elaborado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), como fuera solicitado por los países signatarios de la Declaración sobre la Aplicación del Principio 10 de la Declaración de Río sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo en la Decisión de Santiago adoptada en la Cuarta Reunión de los Puntos Focales Designados por los Gobiernos de los Países Signatarios de la Declaración, celebrada en Santiago, del 4 al 6 de noviembre de 2014.