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Loading ...Support for an Agreement on REDD
Thursday, September 24th, 2009It’s interesting to see the high-level support expressed at the Summit on Climate Change by the Latin American nations of Colombia, Ecuador and Guyana for an internationally-agreed mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) in the post-2012 climate change accord to be negotiated later this year in Copenhagen. However, conspicuous by their […]
LAC Projects Receive 2009 SEED Award
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009This year’s recipients of the SEED Awards were announced yesterday by the SEED Initiative at a reception linked to this year’s session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), and several of the recipients were from Latin America. What is the SEED Award and who is the SEED Initiative? you ask. The Initiative was […]
The 7th Round of REEEP Projects and LAC
Thursday, May 7th, 2009The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) recently announced that in its seventh funding round it will fund 49 new clean energy projects in 25 countries, including 12 involving nations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). REEEP is “an active, global public-private partnership that structures policy and regulatory initiatives for clean energy, and facilitates financing for […]
Brazil a Leader in Green IT?
Sunday, April 12th, 2009I ran across this interesting “green IT” study released last month by IBM and the Info-Tech Research Group during the course of my work on a chapter on power management issues for a forthcoming book on green IT (information technology). Info-tech surveyed more than 1,000 IT executives at companies with 100-1,000 employees in 12 nations […]
A New Way to Fund Life-Saving Vaccines
Friday, April 3rd, 2009From the World Bank: Funding New Vaccines To Save Millions Of Lives World Bank to Provide Financial Platform for Pilot Vaccine Program The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a financial platform for a pilot vaccine program that will benefit millions of children in the developing world. The Advance Market Commitment (AMC) pilot […]
Norway Provides US$110 mil. for Amazon Fund
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009From the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES): BNDES receives US$ 110 million from Norway for the Amazon Fund The President of the BNDES, the Brazilian Development Bank, Luciano Coutinho, signed the first donation agreement with the Norwegian government earmarked for the Amazon Fund. Through this agreement, the Fund managed by the BNDES will receive US$ 110 […]
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. […]
Finding More Funds for Global Health During Tough Economic Times
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008From the World Bank: World Leaders Call for More Investment in Global Health A new high-level taskforce* set up to find new ways to finance better health results in poor countries has held its inaugural meeting in Doha at the UN Financing For Development Summit in Qatar. “This is a unique moment for us all. […]
More LAC Nations Covered by Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Temas Note: When the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility was first officially announced by the World Bank a few months ago, only five Latin American nations (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Mexico, Panama) were to participate. Because of strong interest in the Facility, it has been decided recently to expand its developing country participants, and as a […]
Electric Cars for Colombia
Monday, October 6th, 2008First Chile, now Colombia. Where next for electric cars in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)? The American Multi-services Company (Compañía Americana de Multiservicios – CAM) — 100% owned by Enersis S.A., which in turn is a subsidiary of the Spanish energy multinational Endesa — has announced that it is bringing the REVA electric car […]