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 …
While millions more children in developing countries are in school than was the case at the turn of the millennium, there is growing awareness of a ‘learning crisis’, with many of those in school unable to meet basic standards. In addressing this, the role of power and politics has been …
President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States wants to help Chile build Latin America's largest solar power plant. Obama touted the project during an Oval Office meeting with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who has returned to office after winning election in March. Obama said Chile has been a …
The Green Growth Best Practice (GGBP) initiative has issued a report to help governments transition their economies successfully to climate compatible development.
Chile’s government urged soccer fans to refrain from traditional barbecues after watching the national team in the World Cup today because the clouds of smoke from charred meat were worsening the capital’s smog. “When we have low winds and we’re at critical levels what we are saying is that people …
The governor of Santiago has asked Chileans to refrain from lighting up their barbecue grills while they watch the World Cup soccer tournament, as air pollution in the capital has worsened. "We have air problems. Do not light a wood fire, no bonfires, no barbecues," Governor Claudio Orrego said at …
The Chilean government yesterday rejected plans to build the HidroAysén mega-dam project on two of Patagonia’s wildest rivers, prompting jubilation among citizens and campaigners and one observer to herald it as the Chilean environmental movement’s “greatest triumph.” “All those things that people think about when they think of Patagonia would …
Chilean authorities On Tuesday rejected plans by the nation's largest beer brewer Compania Cervecerias Unidas to build a $300 million plant on the outskirts of capital Santiago due to concerns about its impact on the environment and local community. CCU, which is controlled by Dutch brewer Heineken and Chile's Luksic …
President Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday that Chile would build a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and strengthen the state-run oil company as she set out her $650 million energy policy that seeks to deal with a mounting power crunch. An LNG terminal would be built in the central-south …
Chile is gambling on overcoming a looming energy crisis in the biggest copper-producing country by generating more power with U.S. shale gas, just as prices of the fuel are rising. President Michelle Bachelet will unveil an energy plan this week that will rely on liquefied natural gas to ease the …
The report looks back on the past years and discusses the evolution of NAMAs, it presents five case studies (Chile, Indonesia, Kenya, Tunisia, and Peru) and draws insights from hands-on NAMA experience and dialogues with peers, and it looks into the future of NAMAs as essential building block for a …
Valparaiso, April 13: At least 11 persons have died in a huge fire in Chile's port city of Valparaiso famous for its UNESCO-listed historic centre, officials said today. The blaze, which started in woodland near the city on Saturday and whose cause is under investigation, destroyed 500 homes and forced …
The first tsunami waves have reached Chile's coastline following a magnitude 7.6 earthquake, the country's navy said on Thursday. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the tsunami wave activity on Chile coast reached a height of 2.4 feet (0.7 meter). The tsunami warning for Chile and Peru has now been …
A powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake hit northern Chile's Pacific coast, killing at least six persons as tsunami waves of more than two metres lashed the shore. The quake sent panicked residents pouring into the streets, with more than 900,000 people along Chile's coast heeding government orders to evacuate their homes and …
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami alert for Pacific coastal areas of Hokkaido and the Tohoku region A tsunami of up to 40 cm was observed early Thursday at a port of Iwate prefecture, which lies on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan, after a powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake in …
A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Chile late on Wednesday but there were no reports of damage and a precautionary tsunami alert along the coast and in neighboring Peru was called off. It was the strongest of several aftershocks that followed a huge 8.2-magnitude quake blamed for six deaths …
A major earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck off the coast of Chile on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami that hit the northern part of the country, but the government reported no deaths or serious damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was shallow at 12.5 miles below the seabed and …
According to the World Resources Institute (WRI) many, if not most of the world's rivers are stressed. Determining a systems water stress is based upon measuring the ratio of total water withdrawals to the available renewable supplies within the catchment area. Rivers are an indispensible resource for our communities and …
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile’s northwestern coast on Sunday, the latest of at least seven quakes to hit the region in recent days. About 25,000 homes south of the city of Iquique, on Chile’s Pacific coast, suffered a 30-minute blackout, the national emergency office said, but there was no …
Governments the world over are facing an acute need for new or modernized infrastructure; the estimated shortfall in global infrastructure debt and equity investment is at least US$ 1 trillion per year. There is no fundamental scarcity of private capital – investors are frequently falling short of their target allocations. …
Chile's supreme court has ruled in favor of local fishermen who say Endesa Chile's Bocamina coal-fired facility kills marine life and pollutes ocean water, but it said halting its operations was a decision for environmental authorities. An appeals court in December halted operations at the 350 megawatt Bocamina II plant …
