The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, urged the countries of the region today to implement a post-pandemic economic recovery based environmental sustainability and equality, through new internal and international political coalitions and unprecedented forms of cooperation to sustain the change in development style.
The United Nations high official made remarks today at the XXII Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Government of Barbados in its capacity as president of the forum, and the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the UN Environment Program (UNEP).
Latin America and the Caribbean for a sustainable future
Latin America and the Caribbean for a sustainable future
Bridgetown, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean are addressing on Tuesday the region s challenges and the necessary actions to be implemented to build a sustainable future.
The exchanges, started on Monday, are being developed today, as part of the 22nd Meeting of the Forum, organized virtually by the Government of Barbados due to Covid-19. The pandemic has proved that the equilibrium of our ecosystems is impacted by the way we use our natural resources. We can still build a sustainable future for Latin America and the Caribbean, Adrian Forde, Minister of Environment and National Beautification of Barbados, said.
INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2020 #4
INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2020 #4
October-December 2020
Food safety events
During the fourth quarter of 2020, the INFOSAN Secretariat was involved in 23 food safety events involving 37 Member States. There were 11 events involving a biological hazard [
Salmonella (5),
(1) and
Clostridium botulinum (1)], 6 involving a chemical hazard [histamine (2), ethylene oxide (1), hydrogen peroxide (1), methanol (1), and an unspecified chemical solvent (1)], 3 involving an undeclared allergen [milk (1), mustard (1) and peanut (1)], and 3 involving a physical hazard [metal (2), and bone fragments (1)].
The food categories most commonly involved in these 23 events were milk and dairy products (7), herbs, spices and condiments (3), fish and other seafood (2), fruit and fruit products (2), nuts and oilseeds (2), snacks, desserts, and other foods (2), alcoholic
Restart 2021: Rising to the challenges of the environmental agenda
Photo by Jan Kronies / Unsplash / 26 Jan 2021
Statement prepared for delivery at the 153
rd meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives
Ambassador Coimbra,
Excellencies, colleagues
I am honoured on behalf of UNEP, to address you at the first meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives in 2021. It is indeed not the start to the year we had hoped for and we still have some way to journey as we seek to end the pandemic. As we scroll our newsfeeds, it has also become increasingly evident that environmental crises are part and parcel of the journey ahead. Wildfires, hurricanes, temperature records, plagues of locusts, floods and droughts, were so commonplace they do not even always make the news.