Climate change is the planet-wide variation in the Earth's climate owing to natural and man-made causes. Human actions are the main contributors to climate change and include the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial, agricultural and transport activities. One consequence of these actions is that the Sun's heat is trapped in the atmosphere, a process that we know as the "greenhouse effect". The gases responsible for this phenomenon include carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane.
Other events | 8 Dec 2018 , Katowice, Poland
ECLAC will participate in one of the two events organized by the EUROCLIMA+ Programme during the 24th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP24) that will take place in Katowice, Poland,...
Intergovernmental meetings | 10 Dec 2018 , Katowice, Poland
Organized by OHCHR, UN Women, UNICEF, UNCTAD, UNDP, UN HABITAT, ILO and ECLAC, the side event will analyse how the Paris Agreement Work Programme can and should ensure the right to participation,...
Meetings and technical symposiums | 18-19 Dec 2018 , Santiago, Chile
The workshop seeks to learn more about Colombia's experience in the design, construction and implementation of municipal and departmental public policies related to climate change and to...
Meetings and technical symposiums | 20-21 Dec 2018 , Santiago, Chile
The event, organized by ECLAC in the framework of the EUROCLIMA+ programme, will present the results of five studies related to the social cost of carbon implementation in Latin America and the...
