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US$1.3 Billion to Support Brazil’s Environmental & Climate Change Agenda / US$1,3 bilhão para apoiar a agenda ambiental e de mudanças climáticas do Brasil
Thursday, March 5th, 2009From the World Bank:
World Bank Approves US$1.3 Billion to Support Brazil’s Environmental and Climate Change Agenda
Brazil’s achievements in integrating development and conservation recognized
The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a US$1.3 billion loan to Brazil for the First Programmatic Development Policy Loan for Sustainable Environmental Management, supporting Brazil’s ongoing efforts to improve its environmental [...]
US$71.5 mil. for Water and Sanitation in Espírito Santo
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009From the World Bank:
World Bank Approves US$71.5 Million Additional Finance for Water and Coastal Pollution Management
The World Bank today approved an additional finance of US$71.5 million to the State of Espírito Santo, in Southeastern Brazil, to carry out activities under the Espírito Santo Water and Coastal Pollution Management Project, which aims to provide improved water [...]
A Unique Environmental Institution
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Right now, until 05 February, environmental groups across Brazil are electing their representatives on the National Environment Council (Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente - CONAMA).
The more than 500 environment nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the Environment Ministry’s (MMA) National Registry of Environmental Entities (Cadastro Nacional de Entidades Ambientalistas - CNEA) are voting for which individuals will [...]
Brazil to Release GHG Inventory for Waste & Sanitation Sectors / Brasil vai divulgar dados sobre a emissão de gases de efeito estufa do setor de resíduos sólidos e efluentes
Monday, December 29th, 2008While many developing nations — including most Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) nations — are content to submit the minimum communication required under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Brazil has not taken the easy route. If you check the Temas listing of national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, you’ll see that no less [...]
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 [...]
A Water and Sanitation Atlas for Brazil
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008Last month a branch of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (”Fiocruz“), the Institute of Communication and Scientific and Technological Information in Health (Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde - Icict), in partnership with the Health Ministry’s (MS) General Coordination for Environmental Health Surveillance (Coordenação Geral de Vigilância em Saúde Ambiental - CGVAM), [...]
A New Fund for Water and Sanitation in LAC / Nuevo fondo para agua y saneamiento en ALC / Novo fundo para água e saneamento em ALC
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
IDB and Spain establish new fund to improve water and sanitation in Latin America and Caribbean
The government of Spain and the Inter-American Development Bank signed an agreement to cooperate in the execution of the Fund for Cooperation for Water and Sanitation, a Spanish initiative that is expected to provide up [...]
Generating Power from Sewage Treatment Stations
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008The idea has been around awhile among industry experts: find a way to capture the methane normally released from sewage treatment plants, and utilize it to generate power while cutting or eliminating the plant’s releases of a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) — and perhaps get carbon credits for doing so. But the Sanitation Company of [...]
Progress Toward MDGs in Sanitation in LAC
Sunday, August 17th, 2008One of my first posts here on The Temas Blog concerned the 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) progress report on reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) regarding drinking water and sanitation. So it’s probably fitting as I approach the second anniversary of the The Temas Blog to be discussing the latest update just released [...]
IDB Help for Sanitation & Waste Management in Manaus / Apoio do BID para Saneamento e Gestão dos Resíduos em Manaus
Friday, August 8th, 2008Temas Observations: Two small points about this loan: (1) this loan comes close on the heels of Fiocruz’s announcement of a major program to assess the environment and health challenges facing Manaus; (2) the loan was made to Amazonas state, not the municipality or the federal government.
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From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
Brazil’s Amazonas gets IDB [...]