BNDES to Help Solve COMPERJ’s Waste Issues / BNDES ajuda definir destino de resíduos gerados pelo COMPERJ
Saturday, December 27th, 2008From the National Development Bank (BNDES): BNDES entered a technical cooperation with Rio de Janeiro to set the destination of the waste produced by COMPERJ This morning, the 17th, BNDES Social Inclusion director, Elvio Gaspar, signed two technical cooperation agreements with the State of Rio de Janeiro, jointly with Rio de Janeiro governor, Sérgio Cabral. […]
UNEP/CARICOM: Drastic Climate Change Consequences for Insular Caribbean / PNUMA/CARICOM: drásticas consecuencias por cambio climático en el Caribe Insular
Saturday, December 27th, 2008Although this report (English only) was finished in October, it was formally unveiled at the global climate change talks in Poland in November, but did not get much media play because of all the other actions, initiatives, reports and declarations made in Poznan at the same time. But it deserves much more attention and hopefully […]
Rio’s Commitment to Tackle Sewage and Trash
Friday, December 26th, 2008It’s a bit of an open secret that the state of Rio de Janeiro, beautiful as it is, has a serious trash problem. Litter is ubiquitous. Trash (particularly drink containers) choke many waterways and drainage systems. While the state has a reasonably good record in providing waste pick-up services to its residents, disposal has been […]
Dominica Commits to Geothermal
Sunday, October 19th, 2008From the Government of Dominica: Dominica Forging Ahead With Geothermal Resource Development The Government of Dominica in collaboration with the European Union, The Regional Council of Guadeloupe, the Agence Francaise de Developpement and other French development partners is forging head with plans to exploit the country’s geothermal resource. This information came to light at the […]
Why is LAC Slow to Tap Carbon Funds?
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008The Dominican Republic’s Environment Secretariat (SEMARENA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) recently co-hosted an event in Santo Domingo designed to prompt Dominicans into tapping the many international funding opportunities for projects related, directly or directly, to climate change (“carbon markets”). And well they should! For some reason […]
LAC Explores Sustainable Consumption and Production Policy
Thursday, September 27th, 2007This past April São Paulo State’s environment agency, CETESB, hosted Brazil’s National Roundtable on Sustainable Sustainable Consumption and Production. At the end of June the top body of the five-nation MERCOSUR (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela), the Common Market Council (CMC), adopted a binding Decision calling for an action plan, program and common policy on […]
Corfo Helps 53 Renewable Energy Projects in Chile / Corfo apoya 53 proyectos de energía renovable en Chile
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007Synopsis in English: The Chilean Economic Development Agency (Corporación de Fomento de la Producción – CORFO) this year is co-financing 53 new renewable energy projects, 13 more than it did in 2006. Of these, 29 are wind energy projects, 14 hydraulic power, five geothermal, two biomass and three biogas. In terms of location, 10 involve […]