LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
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NewsTHIRD REGIONAL EXPERT MEETING IN NICARAGUA Aug. 2005: The Third meeting of government experts on Sustainable Production and Consumption in latin America and teh Caribbean, including a capacity building workshop on trade and environment, was held in Nicaragua on August 3 -5 2005. Details are available here. SCP-8 CONCLUDES IN MONTERREY Nov. 2004: The 8th High Level Seminar on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP8) was held in Monterrey, Mexico, on November 15-16 2004. Details about the Seminar can be found here . REGIONAL SPAC FORUM ESTABLISHED IN LATIN AMERICA The Forum for Environmental Ministers in Latin America and the Caribbean have established a Regional Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption to develop a 10 year framework of programmes on SPAC for the region. This decision was taken in light of the mandate given by the two regional expert meetings held in the region. 2nd REGIONAL SPAC MEETING Nicaragua hosted the 2nd government expert meeting in Latin America and the Caribbean on sustainable production and consumption on Oct 15 - 16 2003. UNEP reports, " During the two-day meeting government experts developed a regional strategy on sustainable consumption and production by defining concrete actions and pilot projects." Read outcome document (in Spanish)
REGIONAL EXPERT MEETING ON SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION A regional expert meeting on sustainable production and consumption for Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 23rd and 25th April 2003. Titled "First Meeting of Government Experts for the Construction of a Regional Platform For latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Production and Consumption", the meeting aimed to construct a regional platform on SPAC. The meeting recommended the internalization of environmental costs, elimination of destructive subsidies, promotion of green products and services, information and education, harmonization and strengthening of national regulatory frameworks on SPAC, adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility Codes, promotion of investment in infrastructure and transfer of technologies, co-operation between government, the private sector and civil society, creating a national system of strategic environmental evaluation, and green public procurement. It called for the formation of a regional council of experts on SPAC, a follow up meeting in October 2003 in Nicaragua, and the presentation of the results of this meeting at the 14th Forum of Environmental Ministers. |
SPAC FactsResources
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programme for the promotion of sustainable consumption and production,
2004 Towards Sustainable Consumption in LAC, Background Document for 1st regional meeting on sustainable production and consumption (Argentina, April 2003)
Contribution of the 1st meeting of government experts for the construction of a regional platform for LAC on SPAC (Argentina, April 2003)
Contribution of the 2nd Expert meeting on SPAC in LAC (Nicaragua, October 2003) Workshop on sustainable consumption for Latin America and the Caribbean (Brazil, Nov 2001)
Os jovens e o consumo sustentável UNEP, 2000 UNEP Changing
production and consumption patterns
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