sustainable development
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Caribbean joins preparation for adoption of new Sustainable Development Goals
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will on Friday join world leaders and heads of global financial institutions for the launch of a landmark new framework for sustainable development. The policy, which will be launched at the United Nations, aims to end poverty and build a life of dignity for every person. The UN said that top development officials are “keenly focused…
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Latin America and Caribbean to adopt SDGs, but still lagging on some MDGs
In the last 15 years, Latin America and the Caribbean have met several key targets included in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), such as reducing extreme poverty, hunger and child mortality, incorporating more girls in the educational system, and expanding access to clean water. However, as the world is setting out on a new challenge, meeting the Sustainable Development Goals…
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COP 21 critically important to CARICOM
Climate Change and its effects engaged the attention of the new Kittitian Ambassador to CARICOM and the Secretary-General during an accreditation ceremony on Tuesday at the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Guyana. In presenting his credentials to the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Ambassador Lionel Sydney Osborne of St. Kitts and Nevis noted that “as a Region…
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SIDS need support of international community
Any decision on the creation of a new regional programmatic framework for sustainable development must have at its core the means of implementation. This was made clear today by Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Senator Jepter Ince, as he addressed the opening ceremony of a national consultation on the United Nations Caribbean Multi-Country Sustainable Development…
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Countries Say Equality is Not Possible without a Gender Perspective in Sustainable Development Goals
The fifty-second meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean ended on Friday in the Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic Information by ECLAC The country representatives that participated in the fifty-second meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean reaffirmed on Friday, July 31 their…
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Changing the world through our participation: Caribbean overview of the Sustainable Development Goals
Six strategic action areas were agreed as critical for the Caribbean in achieving substantive gender equality and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The Honourable Volda Lawrence, Minister of Social Protection Guyana at the 40th Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in BVI. Photo compliments GIS/BVI. The priorities set to inform next steps around the localisation of the SDGs in…
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The United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda
The Post-2015 Development Agenda From 25-27 September 2015, the United Nations will convene a Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda; and approximately one hundred and thirty-one (131) Heads of Government/State have, to date, confirmed their attendance. The Summit will consist of plenary debates and a series of round tables. The Post-2015 Development Agenda will succeed the Millennium…
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Belize continues to bet on energy efficiency
As part of a regional effort to improve energy efficiency in CARICOM member states, the Ministry of Energy, Science & Technology and Public Utilities (MESTPU) of Belize has partnered with the OAS Department of Sustainable Development, and in cooperation with the OAS Belize Office, launched the “Standards and Labelling” component of the Energy for Sustainable Development in Caribbean Buildings Project…
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