Parliamentarians from Latin America and the Caribbean launched, on September 20th, the Virtual Platform and the Legislative Data Monitor of the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC)

The launch, held virtually, was organized by the United Nations Economic Comission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) with the support of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), handled by parliamentarians from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, and Mexico. The event was opened by Senator Gladys Gonzalez, President of the Senate’s Environment Committee in Argentina as well as Iago Hairon, Senior Program Officer of Climate Justice at OSF, and Santiago Lorenzo, Head of the Climate Change Unit at ECLAC. The event was moderated by Carlos Mussi, director of the ECLAC Office in Brazil.