This participatory grassland and rangeland assessment (PRAGA) methodology was developed for the assessment of rangelands and grasslands in selected project countries. It was developed through the project 'Participatory assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management in grassland and pastoral systems', financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and executed …
This participatory grassland and rangeland assessment (PRAGA) methodology was developed for the assessment of rangelands and grasslands in selected project countries. It was developed through the project 'Participatory assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management in grassland and pastoral systems', financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and executed …
The Inter-American Development Bank and the SDSN published a special edition of the SDG Index focused on Uruguay. The report benchmarks Uruguay's progress on the Sustainable Development Goals against progress of OECD countries. The report discusses key policies, priorities, and challenges of Uruguay for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It …
Shared data and information are fundamental to mainstreaming climate action and promoting a coordinated and coherent response to climate change across government and society. Open data—the publication of datasets that can be freely used and redistributed by anyone, anywhere—offers opportunities to ensure climate policymaking is informed by all relevant data …
Across 71 emerging markets a total of 34 GW worth of new solar capacity came online in 2016, an increase of 54% year-over-year and has more than tripled in three years, according to new figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s annual Climatescope survey. New solar capacity is a big deal …
This publication is intended to contribute to the implementation of the livestock and climate change development agenda. The study evaluates the potential for improving productivity while reducing enteric methane emission intensity from beef production in Uruguay. The overall objective of this study is to support Uruguay in identifying low-cost strategies …
MONTEVIDEO – Ninety-eight percent of Uruguay’s electricity so far this year has come from sources of renewable energy, the president of the state-run electric company UTE said Tuesday. Gonzalo Casaravilla made the announcement during a meeting of business owners, executives and investors in the energy sector that was held at …
El Nino, the warming of the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean, is a completely natural phenomenon which is known to affect the weather in many parts of the world. The current conditions gradually emerged at the end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015. At its peak in December …
MONTEVIDEO – Uruguayan Deputy Health Minister Cristina Lustemberg reported on Wednesday in a press conference that four people have died in the South American country from the Type A H1N1 swine flu strain. She said that Uruguay is suffering an outbreak of the flu because of the cold temperatures brought …
Sandy beaches are being threatened by a changing climate. However, the effects of this changing environment, including warming, on these ecosystems, have hitherto been tentative and qualitative. Using concurrent long-term (1984−2007) observations on abundance and individual size, together with laboratory examinations of body abnormalities (morphological anomalies and epibionts), we provide …
MONTEVIDEO – The number of people forced from their homes by flooding across four northwestern provinces has increased to 21,991 people, Uruguay’s National Emergency System, or Sinae, said on Wednesday. The agency said 10,054 people were evacuated in Artigas province, 6,677 in Paysandu, 57 in Rio Negro, and 5,203 in …
More than 100,000 people have had to evacuate from their homes in the bordering areas of Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina due to severe flooding in the wake of heavy summer rains brought on by El Niño, authorities said on Saturday. In the worse affected country, Paraguay, around 90,000 people …
For those wanting to understand what a clean electricity footprint looks like, go to Uruguay. In less than 10 years, the country has shrunk its carbon footprint while lowering electricity costs, without calling on the government for renewable energy subsidies. In fact, this country now obtains nearly 95% of its …
Leading the way in switching to clean energy, Uruguay at the Paris climate talks declared it had gone in for a mix of renewable energy that is providing 94.5% of the country's electricity. The country has cut down its carbon footprint within 10 years without government subsidies or inflation, said …
As the world gathers in Paris for the daunting task of switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy, one small country on the other side of the Atlantic is making that transition look childishly simple and affordable. In less than 10 years, Uruguay has slashed its carbon footprint without government …
China, the world’s biggest emitter of carbon pollution, continues to hold the top position as the best developing country in which to invest in clean energy in a study by Climatescope, a research project whose partners include Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the U.K. Department for International Development. The nation …
ZAMBIA is among eight developing countries that will benefit from a US$12 million international climate change adaptation programme fund from Germany to help raise agricultural production and increase food security. Through the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans programme, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the United Nations Development …
The rate at which trees were cut down slowed globally for a third year in a row in 2014, but tree loss still covered an area twice the size of Portugal, an environmental research group said. Losses also accelerated in some previously overlooked regions as land was cleared to grow …
Uruguay’s renewable energy sector has received a major boost with two wind energy projects bagging substantial financial support. Uruguay FlagThe Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced substantial financial support in form of loans to two wind energy projects in Uruguay. The projects will have a generation capacity of 70 MW …
Latin America has the planet's largest land reserves for agriculture and had the most rapid agricultural expansion during the twenty-first century. A large portion of the expansion replaced forests, as shown by many local and regional studies. However, expansion varied regionally and also replaced other land covers. Further, it is …
Cobra Ingenieria Uruguay SA will receive a loan for as much as $42.2 million from the Inter-American Development Bank to finance a wind project in the southern part of that nation. The Kiyu wind farm will have a capacity of 48.6 megawatts, the bank said in an Oct. 16 statement …
