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Jamaican Voices for Climate Change
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009From UNDP Jamaica:
Voices For Climate Change Project Launched
Jamaican entertainers, including Lloyd Lovindeer, Queen Ifrica, Tony Rebel, Boris Gardiner, Pam Hall and many others, have come together for the Voices For Climate Change Project which was launched on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge, UWI. The project is a national public education campaign [...]
Latin America’s First Hydrogen Bus
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009Brazil is known for many “green” experiments and firsts in transportation. Think of Curitiba’s groundbreaking work on bus rapid transit, Brazil’s pioneering work on sugarcane ethanol and use of flex-fuel vehicles, the country’s aggressive biodiesel program, Vale’s trains run on biodiesel, Itaipu’s development of electric cars that can be charged from biodigestors, and the use [...]
Mesoamerica Shows the Way to DDT-Free Malaria Control
Thursday, May 7th, 2009The World Health Organization (WHO) has confidently announced that they can still roll back malaria worldwide while phasing out the use of the hazardous pesticide Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT) through the use of pesticide-free Integrated Vector Management (IVM) techniques. Why is WHO so confident it can be done? Because they have already successfully tested the proposition through [...]
Grant Competition Launched for Innovative Climate Adaptation Solutions
Monday, March 23rd, 2009From the World Bank:
Development Marketplace Grant Competition Launched for Innovative Climate Adaptation Solutions
The 2009 Global Development Marketplace (DM2009) today launched its annual global search for innovative local projects and project ideas, with the focus this year on how to help poor and vulnerable communities disproportionately affected by current and predicted climate threats. Innovating organizations from [...]
UN to Fund Pilot REDD Programs
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009From UN-REDD:
18 Million Dollars Approved Under UN-REDD Programme
Funds Will Back Forestry Programmes Combating Climate Change and Boosting Local Livelihoods
A United Nations programme aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from forests and boosting livelihoods in tropical nations has approved $18 million in support of five pilot countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The UN Reduced Emissions [...]
Economic Growth Model is Rapidly Transforming/Degrading the Amazon
Thursday, February 19th, 2009From the UN Environment Programme (UNEP):
A Strong Impact is Made on the Amazonia by its Economic Growth Model
However, responses by the governments of Amazonian countries indicate that efforts are under way on concrete action to deal with their environmental challenges.
The population is increasing, reaching a level of 33.5 million inhabitants in 2007.
Cities grew at an [...]
A Wind Atlas for Peru
Sunday, February 15th, 2009Back in September 2006 when I did my review of solar and wind maps available for Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) nations, I commented about Peru that “I found no up-to-date maps for Peru, even though the government reputedly is working on some.”
Well, that has now changed. As part of its new push for [...]
Aid for Biodiversity in Espírito Santo / Doação para Biodiversidade no Espírito Santo
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008From the World Bank:
Brazil: Global Environment Facility Approves US$ 4 Million Grant for Biodiversity in Espírito Santo
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved a US$ 4 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to the Government of the State of Espírito Santo for the Biodiversity and Watershed Conservation and Restoration Project, which [...]
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 [...]
US$6.1 Billion Pledged for the Climate Investment Funds
Sunday, September 28th, 2008From the World Bank:
Donor Nations Pledge Over $6.1 Billion to Climate Investment Funds
Funds boost global fight against climate change
Leading industrialized nations today pledged more than US$6.1 billion to the Climate Investment Funds, a pair of international investment instruments designed to provide interim, scaled-up funding to help developing countries in their efforts to mitigate increases in [...]