Zero hour: Our region as it faces the pandemic
It is true that history recounts the devastating impact of past pandemics, but none of them broke out in such a populated world (with 7.6 billion people) or such an interconnected one, an...
Ms. Alicia Bárcena assumed office as the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on 1 July 2008. She had previously served as the Under‐Secretary‐General for Management at United Nations Headquarters in New York, Chef de Cabinet and Deputy Chef de Cabinet to the former Secretary‐General, Mr. Kofi Annan. She held the post of Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC and Director of the Environment and Human Settlements Division.
Ms. Bárcena has published numerous articles on sustainable development, public policy, environmental issues, and public participation. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), as well as a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University.
Ms. Barcena has been awarded honoris causa doctorates from the University of Oslo, Norway, the University of Havana, Cuba, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She received the 2013 medal in International Relations of the University of Anáhuac.
It is true that history recounts the devastating impact of past pandemics, but none of them broke out in such a populated world (with 7.6 billion people) or such an interconnected one, an...
Es verdad que la historia registra antes el paso devastador de grandes pandemias, pero ninguna irrumpió en un mundo tan poblado (más de 7.700 millones de personas) ni tan interconectado y...
Tanto la Agenda 2030 sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, con sus 17 Objetivos[1], como el Acuerdo de París sobre el cambio climático, aprobados por la comunidad internacional en 2015, constit...
The Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change, two landmark agreements adopted by the international community in 2015, send a clear message that the prevaili...
The year 2015 saw the adoption of three landmark global agreements that set forth a transformational vision of sustainable development.
This article was originally published ahead of January's World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos.