2025
June 5 | Virtual
The Power of Nature to Advance Economic Growth and Sustainable Development: Implementing the Rio Conventions
April 25 | Virtual
AI and the Environment: Impacts and Innovation
ACTIVITY SUMMARY: Exploring the environmental and social impacts of AI: A regional dialogue on inclusive and sustainable governance
RESOURCES
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) end-to-end: The Environmental Impact of the Full AI Lifecycle Needs to be Comprehensively Assessed – Issue Note – United Nations Environment Programme, 2024.
- Artificial Intelligence for Climate Action in Developing Countries: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks – UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee, 2024.
- Chile: Artificial Intelligence Readiness Assessment Report – UNESCO, 2024.
- Coalition for Environmentally Sustainable Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Sustainable AI Coalition, 2025.
- Ethics of Artificial Intelligence – UNESCO, 2021.
- Global Approach of Standardization for AI Environmental Sustainability – Sustainable AI Coalition, 2025.
- Navigating New Horizons: A Global Foresight Report on Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing – United Nations Environment Programme, 2024.
- Why AI and Energy Are the New Power Couple – International Energy Agency, 2023.
March 7 | Virtual
Meeting of the Executive Committee of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network on Climate Change and Sustainability
Parliamentary Exchange: Strategies for Bold Climate Initiatives
Parliamentary Exchange: Strategies for Bold Climate Initiatives
ACTIVITY SUMMARY: The role of parliaments in advancing effective climate action
PRESENTATIONS
- Civil Society Priorities for Climate Justice. Sapphire Alexander, Founder of Caribbean Feminist
- Parliamentary Priorities: Addressing Global Environmental Challenges. Key Points by Nadia González Burgos
RESOURCES
- Caribbean Feminist Redefining Work Report 2024, Caribbean Feminist 2024
- The Caribbean We Want: A comprehensive list of recommendations developed by SIDS civil society, CANARI. 2024
January 31 | Virtual
Reducing Methane Emissions: A Legislative Agenda
Organized by the ParlAmericas Green Economy Caucus
Organized by the ParlAmericas Green Economy Caucus
ACTIVITY SUMMARY: The role of parliaments in reducing methane emissions
RESOURCES:
- Analyzing methane emissions
- Methane Calculator: Assessment of Energy Utilization of Biogas in Water Treatment Plants (ECLAC)
- Carbon Mapper: Methane, CO2 Detection Satellite
- The Waste Methane Assessment Platform (WasteMAP)
- Global Methane Pledge. 2023.
- Parliamentary Platform for Climate Action and Against Methane. (in Spanish)
- Global Methane Assessment: 2030 Baseline Report. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition, 2023.
- Global Methane Assessment: Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Methane Emissions. UNEP and UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition, 2021.
- Global Methane Tracker 2024. International Energy Agency, 2024.
- Wastewater treatment
- IV Edition of the Regional Water Dialogues for Latin America and the Caribbean: Forging Alliances for Action (ECLAC)
- Circular Economy Opportunities in the Treatment of Wastewater in Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC; in Spanish)
- Methane Energy Use in Wastewater Treatment: Case Studies in El Salvador, Mexico and Panama (ECLAC; in Spanish)
- EPA Releases New Food Waste Reports: Reports reveal the impacts of food waste on landfill methane emissions and provide updated recommendations for managing food waste (US Environmental Protection Agency)
- Inclusive recycling and formalizing the informal sector
- Agriculture
