October 10, 2014 The Organization of American States (OAS), through the Department of Sustainable Development of its Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI), and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago today signed a cooperation agreement to implement a project aimed at promoting the use of biodegradable packaging materials. The OAS Executive Secretary for Integral Development, […]

Ministers and high-level authorities on energy in the Caribbean met in Miami on October 6, 2014 to address energy and climate challenges in preparation for a meeting of ministers in 2015 under the umbrella of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin opened the pre-ministerial discussion stressing how […]

The regional technical workshop, “Energy Efficiency Trends in the Use of Fossil Fuels”-which main objective was to share up to date progress and identify opportunities that contribute to the development of energy-efficient approaches, had a special focus on the transport sector, which consumes the most energy in the country. According to 2012records, the Colombian transport […]

The Andean city of Arequipa will host this year’s World Resources Forum (WRF) conference, science-based platform for sharing knowledge about the economic, political, social and environmental implications of global resource use. The meeting will take place at the Cerro Juli Convention Center in Arequipa, in southern Peru, on October 19-22, 2014. The World Resources Forum […]

The Thirty-Fifth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Energy (March 2011, Guyana) had mandated the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat to strengthen, expand and redefine the regional energy information framework. With the aim to fulfill this mandate the Secretariat is organizing the Workshop on Energy Information and Knowledge Management Systems […]

Energy efficiency will be the focus of a regional technical workshop to be held September 25 in Bogotá, Colombia. The event—on “Energy-Efficient Trends for Fossil Fuel Use”—is sponsored by Colombia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy, through its Energy and Mining Planning Unit, and the OAS Department of Sustainable Development. Colombia has seen a sharp upturn […]