The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
Researchers have now directly connected the Aedes aegypti mosquito with Zika transmission in the Americas, during an outbreak in southern Mexico. The findings will help scientists to better target efforts for controlling the population of mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus. In collaboration with colleagues from Mexico, University of Texas Medical …
Mexico’s impoverished masses were up to 33.6% richer in 2015 than the previous year, according to the state-run statistics service. But the change owes less to a sudden increase in actual wealth and wellbeing for the country’s poor than to unannounced changes in the methodology for measuring household earnings. The …
The mass extinction of life 66 million years ago at the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary, marked by the extinctions of dinosaurs and shallow marine organisms, is important because it led to the macroevolution of mammals and appearance of humans. The current hypothesis for the extinction is that an asteroid impact in present-day …
In an effort to prevent continued increases in obesity and diabetes, in January 2014, the Mexican government implemented an 8% tax on nonessential foods with energy density ≥275 kcal/100 g and a peso-per-liter tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). Limited rigorous evaluations of food taxes exist worldwide. The objective of this …
The head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) today hailed as "a major breakthrough" a recent announcement by Canada, Mexico and the United States that they will take sweeping action to achieve 50 per cent clean power generation by 2025 and cooperate on reducing disaster risk. …
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As small-scale farmers around the world seek to cope with climate change by adopting drought-resistant crops or methods to capture and store water, finding the money can be a problem, and interest rates on loans are often high. But a new “climate-smart lending platform” aims …
MEXICO CITY, June 29 (Xinhua) -- In Mexico, some 20,000 people die annually around the country because of air pollution-related ailments, the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) said on Wednesday. Speaking at a national forum called "Answers to Climate Change: Air Quality, Mitigation and Adaptation," the Director General of …
The H1N1 swine flu pandemic of 2009 originated from pigs in a small region in Central Mexico, scientists have discovered. It is the first time that the geographic origin of an influenza pandemic has been determined in such specific detail. The disease spread quickly from pigs to humans and from …
A Mexican federal judge banned the entry of fresh potatoes from the United States amid concerns that pests they contain may damage the environment, Mexico's Federal Judicial Council (CJF) said on Tuesday. The judge, based in Los Mochis in the northern, potato-producing state of Sinaloa, held that measures taken by …
Barack Obama, Justin Trudeau and Enrique Peña Nieto will commit to a new regional clean power goal at a summit this week in Ottawa, the White House has said. The leaders of the US, Canada and Mexico, meeting on Wednesday at the so-called “Three Amigos” summit, will pledge to have …
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, shaking buildings as far away as Mexico City, but officials reported there were no immediate damages. The quake struck 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of the town of Pinotepa de Don Luis …
This report released by the International Energy Agency says air pollution has become a major public health crisis leading to around 6.5 million deaths each year, with “many of its root causes and cures” found in the energy industry. Around 6.5 million premature deaths each year can be attributed to …
Mexican ambassador to India Malba Priya travels an autorickshaw to attend a press Ambassador Melba Pria uses an auto-rickshaw as her official vehicle to commute in and around national capital Life of a diplomat is usually associated with style, opulence, and luxury. Even head of missions of poorest countries are …
Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.2 and 5.5, struck off the west coast of Mexico on Tuesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the first quake, initially reported at a magnitude of 6.4, was 93 km (58 miles) southwest of the city of San Patricio, and the …
MEXICO CITY – The Mexican government on Tuesday published a new regulation seeking to reduce air pollution in the Valley of Mexico by establishing “stricter” emission levels for public and private vehicles, as well as better control systems. New vehicles will be exempt from the rule “for up a maximum …
This report analyzes the costs and benefits of managing nitrogen fertilizer in ways that also reduce greenhouse gas emissions in cereal production (rice, wheat, and maize) in India and Mexico. The purpose of this work is to inform finance needed for low emissions agricultural development. For each agricultural mitigation practice …
This report describes and estimates implementation costs for key monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) requirements for low emissions development programs requiring MRV systems. MRV system development and setup costs vary significantly—from a low of $210,000 to a high of $2.44 million—mostly due to the area covered by the Nationally Appropriate …
A tropical depression has formed off the southern coast of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday, adding it was expected to become a tropical cyclone within 48 hours. The depression was located about 250 miles (402 km) southeast of the coastal resort town of Acapulco, which has …
America, South American Countries, South Pacific Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Mexico and some parts of Asia According to Centers for Disease and Control, the number of pregnant women with any laboratory evidence of possible Zika virus infection is 195 in U.S. states and the District of Columbia as of May …
Mexico, Canada and US collaborate on report that concludes the three nations will have to dramatically ramp up efforts to reach 10% protection goal North America is far from reaching national and international targets for protecting oceans, according to a first-of-its-kind report released on Wednesday. The Dare to Be Deep …
