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LAC Legislators to Discuss Linkages Between Climate and Financial Challenges / Legisladores de ALC abordarán doble desafío de crisis financiera y climática / Legisladores abordarão o duplo desafio das crises financeira e climática
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008From the World Bank:
Ahead of UN Climate Conference in Poznan-Poland, Senior Legislators to Address Twin Challenge of Financial and Climate Crisis
Seventy senior legislators from across the Americas will gather in Mexico City November 21-23 to examine how to overcome the twin challenges of the global financial and climate crises. The meeting is intended to help [...]
US$5.44 Mil. for Mexico’s Protected Areas / US$5.44 millones más para las Áreas Protegidas en México
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008From the World Bank:
Additional US$5.44 Million For National Protected Areas System In Mexico
Twelve new areas with invaluable biospheres will be incorporated
The World Bank’s Executive Board of Directors approved today an additional grant for US$5.44 million from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) in order to assist the Mexican government; Mexico’s Development Banking Institution, Nacional Financiera, and [...]
FAO Calls for Review of the Risks & Opportunities of Biofuels / La FAO pide nueva revista de los riesgos y oportunidades de los biocombustibles
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008From the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):
Annual report weighs opportunities and risks of biofuels
Biofuel policies and subsidies should be urgently reviewed in order to preserve the goal of world food security, protect poor farmers, promote broad-based rural development and ensure environmental sustainability, FAO said today in a new edition of its annual flagship publication [...]
World Tourism Day Event in Lima Tackles Climate Change / Evento del Día Mundial del Turismo afronta el reto del cambio climático
Saturday, October 4th, 2008From the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO):
Tourism will Grow Smartly - World Tourism Day 2008 Think Tank
Tourism growth must be pursued with increasing emphasis on ethics, local community involvement as well as reducing carbon emissions systematically. This is the main conclusion of this year’s World Tourism Day (WTD) Think Tank held on the theme ”Tourism Responding [...]
São Paulo Launches Ambitious Research Program on Climate Change / São Paulo Lança Programa de Pesquisa sobre Mudanças Climáticas
Monday, September 15th, 2008The São Paulo State Research Foundation (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo - FAPESP) has launched its own R$100 million, 10-year research program on climate change. The new Research Program on Global Climate Change (Programa FAPESP de Pesquisa sobre Mudanças Climáticas Globais - PFPMCG) will have three main components:
an “observational component” [...]
Study Suggests High Climate Change Vulnerability for Brazil’s Northern States / Relatório indica vulnerabilidade climática alta para o Norte do Brasil
Monday, September 15th, 2008Brazil’s National Space Research Institute (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE) and its largest mining company (and second largest in the world), CVRD (now just calling itself “Vale”), last week released the first of three reports on the impact of climate change on the vegetation, agriculture, biodiversity and energy generating capacity of the states [...]
Uruguay Gets Its GEO
Friday, July 25th, 2008Earlier this month Uruguay’s GEO was finally unveiled with much fanfare by top Uruguayan environment officials and the local representative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
What’s a GEO? It’s probably the best known type of comprehensive environmental diagnosis available. “GEO” was the acronym for “Global Environment Outlook” first prepared by the [...]
Largest Biofuel Loan Yet by a Multilateral Bank
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Temas Note: This announcement is interesting to me for at least four reasons. First, as the title says, this is the largest biofuel loan package yet made by a multilateral development bank (MDB). [I doubt that record will stand, and probably will not even stand for very long.]
Second, it underscores IDB’s commitment [...]
Colombian Palm Oil Industry Opts for Path to Certified Sustainable
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Last week the group representing Colombia’s palm oil business, the National Federation of Palm Oil Growers (Federación Nacional de Cultivadores de Palma de Aceite - Fedepalma), announced their adherence to the Principles and Criteria of the Zurich-based Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
The RSPO arose from a concept first proposed by WWF in 2001. [...]
The Challenge of Land Degradation / El desafio de la degradación del suelo
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008I must admit that, just as was the case with deforestation, in the past I paid very little attention to the issue of land degradation. I won’t bore you with the explanations and excuses as to why, just suffice it to say that it was not high enough on my list of priority environment [...]
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