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Por Milagros Salazar In response to the threats posed by climate change, a new project will encourage the governments of five South American countries to exchange information on the impacts of this global phenomenon on the Amazon region and adopt joint measures to confront them. |
| MEXICO: Resources Demanded to Confront Climate Change Environmental organizations are calling for an adequate budget for the mitigation of climate change and adaptation to its impacts. |
Por Marianela Jarroud The Chilean government has decided to adopt a model developed by South Africa to explore pathways to a low-carbon economy. |
| HONDURAS: Municipalities Confront Climate Change Some 45 municipalities in the so-called dry corridor of Honduras have begun work on a project to promote reforestation, food security and climate change resilience in order to improve living conditions for their communities. |
Por Stephen Leahy Financing for the Green Climate Fund is the subject of heated discussions at the climate change talks taking place in the capital of Qatar. |
Por Stephen Leahy Qatar, a major oil-producing country, is hosting the latest round of UN climate talks, where the world’s countries will need to negotiate measurable targets to keep global warming under control. |
| BRAZIL: Energy and Waste Generate the Bulk of CO2 Emissions in São Paulo The energy and waste sectors were responsible for the emission of 16.43 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalents in São Paulo last year, according to a study commissioned by the city’s department of the environment. |
Por Patricia Grogg In Cuba there are 577 communities exposed to flooding due to a rising sea level and increasingly intense hurricanes. |
Por Stephen Leahy Deadly Hurricane Sandy speaks to us in first person from its very own blog, created by IPS environmental journalist Stephen Leahy. |
| MEXICO: Artificial Photosynthesis Being Explored The Mexican National Council on Science and Technology (CONACYT) has launched an initiative to imitate natural photosynthesis for the purpose of generating alternative fuels and reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. |
Por Marianela Jarroud interviews JULIANA CAMPOS LOPES of the Carbon Disclosure Project Initiatives undertaken by companies to reduce their emissions, mainly through greater energy efficiency, pay for themselves within three years, according to Juliana Campos Lopes of the Carbon Disclosure Project. |
| BRAZIL: Football World Cup Will Emit 11 Million Tons of CO2 The Brazil 2014 Football World Cup will emit more than 11 million tons of carbon dioxide, according to a study conducted by the consulting firm Personal CO2 Cero. |
Por Emilio Godoy Bicycle transportation is starting to make headway in the Mexican capital. |
Por Stephen Leahy When the carbon dioxide absorbed by the oceans dissolves in seawater, carbonic acid is formed and calcium carbonate, vital for the formation of the skeletons and shells of many marine organisms, becomes scarcer. |
| HONDURAS: Weather Disturbances Foster Dengue Health authorities in Honduras have attributed the upsurge in dengue to weather variations, such as unusually high daytime temperatures and heavy rain at night, in addition to the accumulation of garbage in different neighborhoods. |
| BRAZIL: Environmental Awareness Growing The percentage of Brazilians who believe that the country has no environmental problems fell from 47 percent in 1992 to 11 percent in 2012. |
| LATIN AMERICA: Network Against Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Environmental organizations in Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay and a group of scientists have created a network against short- lived climate pollutants, such as black carbon, methane, tropospheric ozone and hydrofluorocarbons. |
Por Marcela Valente The change of climate in the Puna region thousands of years ago may have played a key role in the adoption of agriculture by hunter-gatherers. |
Por Milagros Salazar Peru is taking steps to improve the system for assessing the environmental impacts of future economic activities, with special emphasis on mining. |
Por Busani Bafana Given the magnitude of the environmental challenges we are facing, incremental change will not be enough, maintains the new head of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in this interview. |
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Por Julio Godoy Over the last five years, 138 million people have used 23,000 rental bicycles in Paris through a system that currently has 225,000 subscribers out of a total urban population of 2.3 million. |
Por Julio Godoy An evaluation of Norwegian climate research stresses that the climate system cannot be fully understood without efforts to understand the natural processes that contribute to global warming. |
Por José Graziano da Silva * We cannot call development sustainable while nearly one out of every seven men, women and children in the world are victims of undernourishment, says FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva. |
Por Mario Osava* The difficulties in reaching an agreement on emissions reductions, made evident once again at Rio+20, could be solved by a climate disaster destructive enough to sensitize the international community. |
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