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 […]

From May 22-23 Uruguay served as the regional headquarters for the technical exchange mission to strengthen the energy efficiency of the residential sector. For healthy, safe and energy efficient homes in the Americas. This technical exchange mission is part of the activities of ECPA’s Energy Efficiency Working Group chaired by the Government of Mexico as […]

This important event will include the participation of senior international climate change experts and high-ranking Organization of American States (OAS) officials. The OAS Department of Sustainable Development, through the Energy and Climate Partnership of the America (ECPA) is supporting this roundtable. The OAS Policy Roundtable Series seeks to link the best in policy thinking to […]

This seminar addresses key trade and environment agenda issues, from both a multilateral and regional perspective. Through a series of program modules, important areas of trade law and international environmental law and domestic policy are highlighted along with technical issues involved in the relationship between trade and environment. The main objective of this summer course […]

Washington, DC, May 16th, 2014 – Maria-Paz Gutierrez, a Senior Fellow in the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), will be traveling on May 19th to May 23rd to participate in meetings and events in Colombia including advising the Colombian government on the Low Carbon Resilient Development (LCRD) program and its implementation. Senior […]

The Ministry of Energy of Mexico (SENER) in collaboration with the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank (WB), are organizing the International Forum on Renewable Energies (FIER), with the purpose of promoting the deployment of renewable energy sources for electricity generation. This forum will take […]