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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008Last month Nokia publicized the results of a survey it commissioned of 6,500 consumers in 13 nations, among them Brazil (the only LAC nation included). By now you know the drill — this is The Temas Blog, so we care mostly about the LAC nation involved and very little about the other 12! [Besides, I […]
The Caribbean Challenge
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Yes, I know, this announcement was made publicly at the end of May. I held off talking about here, in part to work first on older backlog from The Temas Blog queue, and in part to see if, as hinted, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica and St. Lucia would quickly announce that […]
Energy Efficiency and Competitiveness in Latin America
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008The Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI), together with the governments of Germany and Switzerland, is sponsoring a conference on “Energy Efficiency and Competitiveness in Latin America” 15-16 September in São Paulo, Brazil. The conference will be held at the Club Transatlântico. The conference is being administered by Ekos Brasil […]
More Glass Packaging Recovery, Less Piracy?
Sunday, October 7th, 2007When discussing recovery/recycling among packaging materials in Brazil, glass sometimes suffers by comparison. Brazil is a world leader in recycling PET and aluminum cans, and high among recyclers of corrugated cardboard (77%). Brazil’s 45% annual recycling rate for glass packaging is better than the glass packaging rate for the US (but then again, the US […]
Making Post-Consumer Recovery of Pesticide Packaging Work
Monday, May 28th, 2007The recent decision by Colombia to impose extended producer responsibility (EPR) for post-consumer pesticide packaging reminded me of a draft sitting in the infamous backlog queue since January. It looks at the Brazilian system for dealing with such packaging, which seems to be operating very well, in spite of predictions to the contrary by skeptics […]
Global Bioenergy Partnership Launches Its Website
Thursday, May 10th, 2007Temas Observation: It is curious that Mexico is one of the GBEP Partners, but Brazil is not. I wonder what Brasilia has to say about that? From the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): Global Bioenergy Partnership web site launched today Promotes information sharing on bioenergy The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) today unveiled its […]
IDB President: Renewable Energy Critical to LAC’s Development
Monday, March 19th, 2007From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): Future development and poverty reduction tied to gains in renewable energy, says IDB President Technological advances are making renewable energy economically feasible The countries of Latin America must increase their development of renewable energy sources and improve energy efficiency to ensure future development and the ability to meet the […]
A Sustainable Biofuels Policy for Chile?
Monday, March 19th, 2007I scribbled some notes on this story when the report was first released in late January. But when I could not get back to finishing and publishing it right away, I thought about just dropping it because I half-expected President Bachelet to act on it quickly. Instead she appears to be holding off, digesting it […]
LAC the Most Aware Public About Climate Change?
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007I’m seeing press briefs bouncing around the internet over the past 24 hours reporting that a recent ACNeilsen survey of 25,408 people in 46 nations* found that the US public is the least aware and least concerned about global climate change, whereas the public in the four Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) nations surveyed […]
Germany Promoting Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Central America
Sunday, December 17th, 2006Germany has just signed an agreement with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica – BCIE) to provide US$11 million worth of low-interest financing for Central American projects promoting renewable energy sources and energy efficiency — two areas in which German manufacturers and service providers have experience and a strong […]