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Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean: access, renewability and efficiency
(ECLAC, 2022-06-15)
Energy is central to addressing almost every major challenge and opportunity in the region, whether it be reducing poverty, producing and cooking food, boosting employment, improving security, using digital services or ...
Sustainable bioenergy: a framework for decision makers
(United Nations, 2007)
PrefaceIn our first paper, UN-Energy focused on "The Energy Challenge for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals." We pointed out that available energy services fail to meet the needs of the world's poor, with 2.4 ...
Public-private partnerships in renewable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC, 2012-05)
The versatility of electricity, which can be transformed into heat, light or mechanical movement, makes it a very valuable form of energy. It can be used to light a home, cook food or move machinery in productive processes. ...
Energy Efficiency and Electric-Powered Mobility by River: Sustainable Solutions for Amazonia
(CEPAL, 2017-01)
Reducing non-renewable energy consumption and exploring alternatives for energy generation are priority topics of much debate around the world. The quest for affordable and non-polluting energy is one of the 17 Sustainable ...
Globalization and restructuring the energy sector in Latin America
(1995-08)
This article analyses the main manifestations of the globalization process and its implications in terms of the restructuring of energy markets. The reforms now being undertaken by the countries of the region are being ...
Natural Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean - No.4
(ECLAC, 2022-09-14)
Drinking water and electricity are basic services that proved essential to counter the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. At the same time, they represented an opportunity for investment to spur economic recovery in the countries ...
Building a climate resilient power sector in the context of the Caribbean small island developing States’ energy transition. Policy Brief
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2022-12-15)
In Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS), electrical power outages are frequent in the aftermath of major weather events. While local service disruptions often last a few days after these events, nationwide power ...
UNASUR: insfrastructure for regional integration
(ECLAC, 2012-02)
This document is the second in a series prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the General Secretariat of UNASUR in the framework of intensive collaboration between the two ...
Water governance for development and sustainability
(ECLAC, 2006-06)
Abstract
This document aims to identify characteristics of water institutions which promote the sustainable integration of water, both as a resource and as service, into socioeconomic development. As this does not depend ...