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How does climate change affect Latin American cities?
Cities emit approximately 70% of the world's Greenhouse Gases and the USA, China and India are the countries with the largest contributors to global warming.
See moreConsensus to approve Green Climate Fund projects by the end of the year
Two organizations, AIDA and GFLAC, held a webinar to learn about the fund's activities this year. Developing countries are waiting for quick action to implement mitigation and adaptation programs.
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SMEs could save S/. 4.5 million annually thanks to the new platform “Ecopyme”.”
Today Ecopyme was launched, the digital platform where small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can register, calculate and monitor their energy and water consumption, as well as obtain recommendations and eco-efficient solutions to enhance their economic progress based on the development of good environmental practices (GEP).
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See moreB Corporations: Redefining the meaning of market success
"Company B combines profit with the solution to social and environmental problems, with the conviction of aspiring to be a company for the world and not only of the world."
See moreDroughts and desertification: Is the region's food security threatened?
Brazil, the most cosmopolitan country in Latin America, has been hit by what has been considered its worst drought in a hundred years, one that has affected, according to the newspaper O Globo, more than 46 million people who now suffer serious difficulties in their social and economic activities due to water shortages.
See moreMexico: General Climate Change Law approved
The Mexican Chamber of Deputies approved by 353 votes the bill that amends the General Law on Climate Change to establish that municipalities, with the agreement of their city councils, may coordinate and/or associate for an efficient implementation of the related provisions.
See moreSwitzerland is first country to commit to new global climate agreement
The UN congratulates the Swiss government on its swift submission of a document promising a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
See moreThe ADP 2.8 negotiations in Geneva on Sunday, February 8
El primer día de actividades se mencionaron los temas que deben priorizarse en las negociaciones con el objetivo de tener un texto mejorado del logrado en Lima durante la COP20. Los países latinoamericanos han lanzado diversas propuestas de mejora
See moreSouth Korea launches its Carbon Marketplace, the second largest in the world
South Korea's carbon market began operating on Monday and has become the second largest in the world. It will impose emissions limits on the country's 525 largest companies.
See moreFAO declara el 2015 como el Año Internacional de los Suelos
Los suelos son esenciales para los ecosistemas: desempañan un papel fundamental en el ciclo del carbono; almacenan y filtran el agua; y mejoran la resiliencia ante inundaciones y sequías. Así lo explicó José Graziano da Silva, director general de la la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), el 5 de diciembre al celebrar el Día Mundial del Suelo.
See moreThe Eiffel Tower will be powered by renewable energies from January onwards
As of the 1st, the most visited monument in the world will change its electricity supplier and the new one commits that all the electricity it consumes will come from clean energies.
See moreAccountability logic is very positive for the Ministry of Environment in 2014.
After 12 months of hard work, the Ministry of Environment (MINAM) presented this morning an account of the actions, campaigns and achievements that the institution has carried out in favor of the wellbeing of Peruvian citizens.
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