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 …
Prevalence of walking and cycling for transport is low and varies greatly across countries. Few studies have examined neighborhood perceptions related to walking and cycling for transport in different countries. Therefore, it is challenging to prioritize appropriate built-environment interventions. The aim of this study was to examine the strength and …
Favorable weather conditions at breeding grounds for monarch butterflies in Mexico are expected to help raise their numbers to possibly more than 100 million this year, about triple of a few years ago, a study released on Thursday said. But the overall number of the majestic orange and black butterflies …
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Profepa environmental protection agency on Monday fined German automaker Volkswagen’s local unit just over 168 million pesos (around $9 million) for selling 2016 model vehicles that lacked the corresponding environmental compliance certificates. Volkswagen Mexico was fined for importing and selling 45,494 Audi, Bentley, Porsche, Seat and …
Freshwater scarcity is increasingly perceived as a global systemic risk. Previous global water scarcity assessments, measuring water scarcity annually, have underestimated experienced water scarcity by failing to capture the seasonal fluctuations in water consumption and availability. We assess blue water scarcity globally at a high spatial resolution on a monthly …
Mexico has 37 cases of Zika virus infection in seven of the country's 32 states, the authorities said Wednesday. Thirty-four people were infected locally, while three were infected abroad, Health Minister Mercedes Juan told a press conference. Two-thirds of the cases were confirmed in the southern state of Chiapas. The …
Electricity markets in fast-growing economies face different challenges than those in more mature markets. Mature markets with stable demand for electricity are transitioning to a more sustainable mix of power generation technologies while continuing to support economic growth with affordable and secure power. Fast-growing markets are trying to serve voracious …
Two critically endangered sea species, including the world’s smallest porpoise, are in imminent danger of extinction due to an illegal trade in fish swim bladders so valuable that they are known as “aquatic cocaine”. British conservationists warn that the vaquita porpoise could be extinct by 2018 because of the continued …
UNEP DTU Partnership has released the report Uncertainty in Greenhouse-gas Emission Scenario Projections, which outlines approaches to quantify the uncertainty associated with national-level projections of greenhouse-gas emissions, by describing practical applications of those approaches in Mexico and South Africa. The report aims to promote uncertainty quantification, because quantifying uncertainty has …
MEXICO CITY – At least six people have died in the cold wave affecting the northern Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua, where two cold fronts converged, pushing temperatures below freezing and unleashing isolated rains, officials said Wednesday. Isolated rains are expected in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, …
Over 20 lakh Indians participated in a global campaign to demand urgent action to tackle poverty, inequality and climate change that preceded the Conference of Parties (CoP-21) in November, the world's largest civil society movement said. "From India to Mexico, Senegal to Sri Lanka, Uganda to the UK, campaigners succeeded …
A new study by experts of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has found that Latin America and Caribbean countries (LAC) will continue to be severely affected by the El Niño phenomenon that has been affecting the region since 2014. The IICA said that El Niño has impacted …
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook buildings in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Thursday afternoon, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries. The head of Mexico's emergency services, Luis Felipe Puente, said via Twitter that there were no immediate reports of any serious damage, but local …
Mexico has become the first country to approve Sanofi's vaccine for dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease that kills over 22,000 people and affects more than 400 million per year, according to the World Health Organization. The French pharmaceutical company's vaccine can be used by people aged 9 to 45 years …
Mexico City: Mexico's government announced $23 billion in investments on Tuesday to modernize its refineries while sharply slashing greenhouse gas emissions produced by oil-processing facilities and gasoline. While world governments held climate talks in Paris, President Enrique Pena Nieto unveiled $3 billion plans to cut sulfur content in gasoline produced …
PARIS: A broad coalition of nations including India, river basin organizations, business and civil societies from across the globe on Wednesday announced Paris Pact on Water and Climate Change Adaptation to make water systems - the very foundation of sustainable human development - more resilient to climate impacts. These major …
Hurricane Sandra weakened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday as it headed toward Mexico's coast, though it is the strongest recorded in the eastern Pacific Ocean this late in the year, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Sandra, about 420 miles (675 km) south of the southern tip of …
Mexico is ready to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 22 percent, among other measures, Mexican authorities said Thursday just days ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris. Presidential spokesperson Eduardo Sanchez, Environment Minister Rafael Pacchiano and Deputy Foreign Minister Miguel Ruiz gave …
Long-distance migration can lower parasite prevalence if strenuous journeys remove infected animals from wild populations. We examined wild monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) to investigate the potential costs of the protozoan Ophryocystis elektroscirrha on migratory success. We collected monarchs from two wintering sites in central Mexico to compare infection status with …
Hurricane Sandra formed off Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday, with the storm expected to strengthen as it heads toward the country's northwest coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. On Tuesday evening, Sandra was located about 540 miles (869 km) south-southwest of the Mexican Pacific port of Manzanillo, the …
A new report — “How Energy Efficiency Cuts Costs for a 2° C Future” — analyzes how energy efficiency policies and programs in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Mexico, and the U.S. can reduce the cost of economy-wide decarbonization by up to $250 billion per year for these regions, with no …
