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04/20/2026 | Press release | Archived content

How to Follow the Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement

The main panels of the COP 4 of the first environmental treaty of Latin America and the Caribbean will be broadcast live on April 21-24, 2026. The invitation on social media is to participate in the debates using the hashtags #EscazúAgreement and #COP4Escazú.

The fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 4) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean - known as the Escazú Agreement - will take place on April 21-24 in Nassau, The Bahamas.

The main aim of this COP will be to follow up on the decisions of the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 3) - held in Santiago, Chile in 2024 - and to make progress on other matters of the Agreement.

Website

The event website, https://acuerdodeescazu.cepal.org/cop4/en, contains general information on the event, the schedule, reference documents, press releases and news, as well as links to all ECLAC social media. It also lists details on the participants, among other information resources.

Live broadcast

The main panels of the COP 4 will be transmitted live via the following platforms:

Any media outlet or organization is free to replicate the broadcast on their own web portals.

X (formerly Twitter)

We will be tweeting in Spanish and English from our two institutional accounts, @cepal_onu and @eclac_un, using the hashtags #AcuerdoDeEscazú and #EscazúAgreement. We will also be using #CEPAL and #ECLAC, and #COP4Escazú.

Facebook and Instagram

We will be sharing content about the meeting on our Facebook pages (https://www.facebook.com/cepal.onu/ and https://www.facebook.com/eclac), and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cepal_onu/ and https://www.instagram.com/eclac_un/ ).

YouTube

We will upload videos related to the meeting to our YouTube channels and will be updating them throughout the event. Subscribe to our channels at https://www.youtube.com/user/CEPALONU and https://www.youtube.com/user/ECLACUN.

Flickr

High-resolution photos of the event will be published on our institutional accounts on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cepal/ and https://www.flickr.com/photos/eclac. Each image will be accompanied by the corresponding photo credits and communications media can use them freely, citing the credits.

For queries related to journalistic coverage of this event, contact ECLAC's Public Information Unit in Santiago, Chile. Email: [email protected]; Telephone: +562 2210 2040.

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