The Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) supports OAS Member States in efforts to accelerate the transition to sustainability through policy and technical assistance; capacity building; enabling improved practices that lead to tangible environmental,
social, and economic gains that foster sustainable development and Inter-American cooperation. DSD further promotes policies and strategies grounded on empirical data to enable long-term hemispheric security, democracy, and economic prosperity while prompting inclusiveness and integration.
The most recent policy mandate for the DSD emanated from the Fourth Inter-American Meeting on Sustainable Development (Nassau, The Bahamas) in 2023.
Consistent with the ministerial mandates, the DSD is organized to support the execution of projects in member states according to four primary program areas: (1) Addressing Climate Change in the Americas, (2) Integrated Water Resources Management, (3) Disaster Risk Management and Building Resilience, and (4) Accelerating clean, sustainable, renewable, and just energy transitions in the Americas.
The Department of Sustainable Development is under the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development.
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