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[VIDEO] UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon message for World Water Day 2013

Friday, March 22, 2013

Announcement of selection of E-Waste project in El Salvador under the Sustainable Communities Project for Central America and the Caribbean

Monday, March 18, 2013

Special signing ceremony of the MOU between the Organization of American States and BCRC-CAM and its relevance to CCAD Announcement of selection of BCRC-CAM and CCAD as recipients of the $50,0000 donation, under the Sustainable Communities Project for Central America and the Caribbean, as seed funding to formulate the WEEE Strategy for Central America, by […]


Climate Change Expert, Ana Barros, to Visit Peru on Behalf of ECPA Senior Fellows

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Washington, D.C., 12th March 2013 – Dr. Ana Barros, a Senior Fellow in the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), will be traveling March 17th through March 23rd to participate in a field trip, take part in meetings and give presentations in Arequipa and Lima. Dr. Barros works at Duke University as a […]


Bolivia is the third American country with better energy security

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Bolivia is the third-best American energy security, below Canada and Colombia, and 22 in the world, according to the Energy Sustainability Index 2012, released by the World Energy Council (WEC-English). “According to the summary of the World Energy Council, the ten countries in the world with better energy security are Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Zimbabwe, Colombia, […]


Ecuador will be the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to obtain Cradle-to Cradle (C2C) certification

Thursday, March 14, 2013

The Coordinating Ministry of Production, Employment and Competitiveness (MCPEC) and the Executive Secretary for Integral Development (SEDI) of the Organization of American States (OAS), through its Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) will host a ceremony for hand-over of the first CertifiedCMCradle to Cradle packaging product in Ecuador, and the Latin America and the Caribbean region. […]


American Planning Association Continues ECPA Work in Latin America

Monday, March 11, 2013

CHICAGO, USA — The American Planning Association (APA) has received its second Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) grant from the U.S. Department of State. With this grant, APA is working with four nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Peru, Bolivia, Mexico and Brazil to integrate urban and regional planning processes and improve quality of […]