Achieving the Paris Agreement necessitates transformative changes across all sectors globally, including significant reductions in AFOLU emissions and increased carbon sinks, particularly in Latin America where AFOLU emissions account for 46% of total emissions, mostly driven by commodity agriculture and livestock. This report analyses the status of the sector’s alignment …
A heatwave affecting Argentina has left at least seven people dead - most of them elderly - in the past week, officials say. The heat has been compounded by power cuts, which have prevented many people from using air conditioning. In Santiago del Estero and other northern provinces temperatures have …
The picturesque La Boca district draws hordes of tourists to stroll down its narrow streets lined with colourful buildings and eat at outdoor restaurants. Now it has a new, unwanted claim to fame- The Riachuelo River that flows through the neighbourhood has been named one of the planet’s 10 dirtiest …
An indigenous community opposed to Goldcorp's copper and gold El Morro mine in northern Chile is poised to present at least one new legal action against the project this month, the group's lawyer told Reuters on Monday. The $3.9 billion mine was given the green light again last month, after …
Argentine farmworker Fabian Tomasi was never trained to handle pesticides. His job was to keep the crop-dusters flying by filling their tanks as quickly as possible, although it often meant getting drenched in poison. Now, at 47, he’s a living skeleton, so weak he can hardly leave his house in …
Argentine citizens walk by the bridge that links Argentina and Uruguay, during a demonstration near Fray Bentos city October 6, 2013. The demonstration was called by Argentine environmentalists to protest against a decision of Uruguay's President Jose Mujica who announced on October 2 the decision to allow UPM-Kymmene to increase …
As climate change impacts are felt within growing numbers of cities in low- and middle-income countries, there is growing interest in the adaptation plans and programmes put forward by city authorities. Yet cities face considerable constraints on this front. This paper aims to provide a better understanding of these constraints …
Massive flooding killed 54 persons in and around Buenos Aires, with most of the victims found after a second day of record rainfall hit the area. At least 46 persons died as flood waters hit the nearby city of La Plata, following rains that swept through the streets, submerging cars …
Stresses on water supplies aggravated by climate change are likely to cause more conflicts and water should be considered as vital to national security as defense, the United Nations report said on Friday. About 145 nations share river basins with their neighbors and need to promote cooperation over a resource …
Those Latin Americans who can afford one are just as wedded to the car as their counterparts north of the Rio Grande. And thanks to the region’s long boom, more and more have bought vehicles. That is leading both to terrible traffic jams in many of the region’s cities—and to …
An infographic on Genetically Modified food. Genetically Modified crops commercialised for nearly 20 years. Industry data indicates a rejection by majority of the countries to adopt this controversial technology. Ninety one percent of global GM production is in USA, Brazil, Argentina, India and Canada. Despite the hype that GM is …
An Argentine appeals court has upheld a move by Buenos Aires to freeze $19 billion in Chevron assets at the request of Ecuador, which blames the oil giant for environmental damage in the Amazon. Court documents showed that the ruling issued on Tuesday rejected Chevron’s position that Argentina lacked jurisdiction …
A couple of months ago a sudden heatwave triggered a fault in the electricity grid in Buenos Aires, leaving the presidential palace, Congress and millions of residents in Argentina’s capital without power for hours. Car horns blared incessantly as hundreds of thousands of commuters tried to make it home at …
In the Grant Thornton Global Dynamism Index (GDI), they define dynamism as the changes to the economy which have enabled recovery from the 2008-09 economic recession and are likely to lead to a fast rate of future growth. The model was developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), who analysed …
Several of India’s key concerns found a mention during the recently concluded climate talks in Doha even as the UN organised meet failed to break the ground for aggressive emission cuts or a firm financial commitment for poorer nations. “India managed to retrieve ground it had lost in Copenhagen and …
An overnight diplomatic slugfest ended in log jam as US and EU refuse to even discuss how they shall provide the promised US $ 100 billion to the poor countries to adapt to climate change and address emission reductions. The row erupted even as new reports came in of the …
This paper explores the emerging concept of ‘energy delivery models’, looking at the nuts and bolts of how energy is delivered from resource to user, focusing on how to reach the poor in terms of energy access and opportunities in the supply chain. The paper introduces an analytical framework for …
New Delhi A week ahead of the next meeting of the WHO framework convention on tobacco control (FCTC), the tobacco farmers world over have sought representation in the meeting scheduled for discussing the issue of shifting to alternative crop because of health hazards due to rising tobacco consumption. Articles 17 …
The SC must reject the biased interim report of the committee on GE crops While hearing two writ petitions opposing genetic engineering technology in agriculture, the Supreme Court constituted a technical expert committee with six members and seven terms of reference. It asked the committee to hear interested parties and …
To mark the 12th year of its formation, Chhattisgarh began a week-long festival, Rajyotsava, on Thursday. Being held at the new capital, Naya Raipur, the festival was inaugurated by BJP president Nitin Gadkari. It will host Global Investors’ Meet on November 2 and 3. As nearly 400 companies are expected …
