Global State of National Urban Policy 2024
<p>With global population increasingly concentrating in urban areas, cities are driving national economic growth, while also grappling with challenges such as inequalities, affordable housing shortages,
Caribbean
-
LDCs, negotiations and the climate crisis: Will the poorest countries benefit from the COP24 climate package?
The Katowice Climate Conference has come and gone, and a busy 2019 calendar headlined by the UN Secretary-General’s September climate summit is already in full swing. It’s important to not only look back
-
What are the countries of the region talking about in the reviews on their SDGs implementation processes?
The High Level Political Forum (HLPF) was established by the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and is the place where countries present their Voluntary National Reviews (VNR), which
-
Climate-smart agriculture case studies 2018: successful approaches from different regions
The ten successful case studies show how the CSA approach has been applied in the regional context to benefit both the agricultural sectors and farming communities. By definition, the CSA approach pursues
-
The state of biodiversity in the Caribbean community: a review of progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
This report gives an assessment of progress towards each of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets, as a basis for the development of common strategies building on each
-
Waste management outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean
A third of all waste generated in cities of Latin America and the Caribbean ends up in open dumps or in the environment, polluting soil, water and air, and threatening the health of the population, according
-
Progress and opportunities for reducing short-lived climate pollutants across Latin America and the Caribbean
This technical report, Progress and Opportunities of Reducing Short-lived Climate Pollutants across Latin America and the Caribbean, reviews examples of initiatives and measures that have successfully
-
Raising the bar for productive cities in Latin America and the Caribbean
With more than 70 percent of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is among the most urbanized regions in the world. Yet, although its cities are, on average, more productive
-
Integrated assessment of short-lived climate pollutants in Latin America and the Caribbean
Efforts to reduce dangerous air and climate pollutants by Latin American and Caribbean countries could reap immediate and long-term benefits for health, food security and the climate according to the first
-
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2017
The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released an updated version of its statistical yearbook, which provides information on economic, environmental and socio-demographic
-
Regional action plan for the implementation of the new urban agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016-2036
An action plan for implementing the New Urban Agenda (NUA) in Latin America and the Caribbean envisions the city as a “macro-level public good” where citizens’ economic, social, cultural and environmental