The Secretary General of the Organization of American States, José Miguel Insulza, and the President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, inaugurated today at the headquarters of the National Agricultural University the first ethanol plant in the east of the Central American country, an initiative that seeks to broaden the cooperation on biofuels in the Hemisphere, […]

Recognizing the strategic importance of natural gas to countries’ energy plans, the last in a series of ECPA forums will focus on the “Impact of Expanded Natural Gas Resources on the Energy Future of the Americas.” The forum will take place at OAS headquarters on Wednesday, July 30, starting at 2:00 p.m. Natural gas is […]

This technical exchange mission is part of the activities of the Energy Efficiency Working Group chaired by the Government of Mexico as part of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). This working group is executed with the support of the Department of Sustainable Development of the Organization of American States (OAS). During […]

A Request for Proposals aimed at strengthening the capacity of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), government agencies and community associations in Central America and the Caribbean to build sustainable communities through Public Private Partnerships under the framework of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) following four priority areas for sustainable community development: Community-based Clean […]

Christiana Figueres, Executive Director of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Minister of Environment of Peru, Manuel Pulgar- Vidal, met on Tuesday with representatives of Latin American civil society to discuss the expectations of this sector for the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) of the Convention, to be held […]

The 59th Policy Roundtable of the Organization of American States (OAS), held today at the headquarters of the hemispheric Organization in Washington, DC, had as its central theme “Policy Dialogue on Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for the Americas.” In his introduction of the topic, Hugo de Zela, Chief of Staff of the Secretary General […]