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Loading ...Carbon Financing for Sustainable Farming / Financiación del carbono para estimular la agricultura sostenible
Thursday, November 6th, 2008From the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): Harnessing carbon financing to boost sustainable farming Win-win-win for development, climate efforts Some 100 experts from five continents meet today to chart the way to harnessing a large new flow of funding – carbon finance – to agricultural development and to improving the lives of poor farmers […]
Sustainable Energy & Climate Change Fund for LAC Launched / Lanzó el Fondo de Energía Sostenible y Cambio Climático para ALC / Lançou o Fundo de Energia Sustentável e Mudança Climática
Thursday, August 9th, 2007From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): IDB approves US$20 million for Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Fund Fund will support economically and environmentally sound energy options in Latin America and the Caribbean The Inter-American Development Bank today launched the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Fund (SECCI Fund), with an initial US$20 million contribution, to support […]
“Climate Change Fact Sheets” for LAC Nations
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Not too long ago the European energy consulting firm Ecofys issued an update of its report commissioned by the UK’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) entitled Factors Underpinning Future Action. The report seeks to “to provide an analytical basis to underpin discussions on future commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at […]
The Carbon Market 2007, Worldwide and in LAC
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007At this year’s Carbon Expo, the World Bank’s Carbon Finance Unit released its latest annual report on the state of, and trends in, the global carbon finance market. A PDF of the report in English (so far, copies in other languages are not being offered) can be downloaded at this link. The accompanying press release […]
IDB Board Approves Climate Change Initiative
Friday, March 9th, 2007Note: for background on the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI), see our November post. The draft working papers outlining the strategy can be downloaded via the following links: Ch I – The Renewable Energy Ch II -Opportunities Constraints Ch III – Barriers and Good Practices to Increase Clean Energy Ch IV – Carbon […]
New IDB Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative / Nueva Iniciativa del BID de Energía Sostenible y Cambio Climático / Nova Iniciativa do BID Sobre Energia Sustentável e Mudança Climática
Thursday, November 30th, 2006The website for SECCI can be found at http://www.secci-idb.org/ From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): Support for economically and environmentally sound energy options More than 300 government officials and experts agreed during a two-day meeting at the Inter-American Development Bank that sustainable sources of energy are at the core of the Latin American and Caribbean […]