Energy Efficiency Grant for Argentina / Donación para eficiencia energética en Argentina
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Good news, and certainly something Argentina needs urgently. Interesting that it is given as a grant rather than a loan. ________________________ From the World Bank: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY (GEF) AND WORLD BANK DONATE US$15 MILLION TO SUPPORT ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN ARGENTINA The World Bank approved today a US$15 million grant from the Global Environment Facility […]
Climate Change May Hit Andean Nations Hard
Thursday, June 12th, 2008In early May the Andean Community (CAN) released its report on the probable impact of global climate change on its four member states (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru). One of the key conclusions of El Carmbio Climático no tiene fronteras (“Climate Change Does Not Have Borders”) is that by 2025 the impacts of global climate change […]
PAC’ing Brazil: Overview & Environmental Licensing
Friday, March 2nd, 2007If you are not resident in Brazil or a regular Brazil-watcher, you could be forgiven for never having heard of PAC. No! Not the video game character that chomped on “power pills” in order to consume brightly colored ghosts! Rather instead complex package of proposals from Lula’s Government intended to energize the Brazilian economy through […]