Etiqueta: Climate Change

Peru: What is the relationship between landslides and climate change?

Year after year, we hear about the terrible consequences of landslides and floods, which seem to be a disease without cure. The areas most affected by these landslides suffer the destruction of homes and water shortages, and thousands of people are affected by these excessive rainfalls.

The plan that aims to recycle 70% of plastic worldwide

An ambitious project that aims to recycle 70% of plastic waste from all over the planet was presented today at the #Davos Economic Forum.

This is the tree that can help fight climate change

Protecting forests is the best way to protect our future. Despite depending on them, humanity remains blind to the alarming situation of the planet. According to UN data, nearly 13 million hectares of forest are destroyed every year on Earth.

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2017: International Year of Sustainable Tourism

In May last year, the study "World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate" revealed that climate change puts 31 cultural and natural sites in 29 countries at risk.

Top 10 climate change stories that set the agenda in 2016

This 2016 has been a year of great progress in the fight against climate change, the challenges have increased and with the entry into force of the Paris Agreement, nations have taken the first firm step to reduce greenhouse gases and facilitate adaptation to new climate scenarios.

COP22: What were the results of the negotiations for Latin America?

Experts pointed out that $1.5 trillion dollars are needed annually for mitigation and adaptation to climate change. They highlighted the work of Brazil, which presented its national adaptation plan in Marrakech.

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New rules of the game, new business

The document is aimed at the private sector and describes Peru's transition process towards new rules of the game based on the link with the OECD and the 2030 climate commitment.

Recycled plastic bricks: The future of sustainable construction?

This is a novel initiative as a solidarity project. Its raw material, bricks made from recycled plastic.

"We don't need to generate more, we need to distribute better."

"In gastronomy there is a worldwide boom, the first revolution was given by chefs with flavors, the second revolution we entrepreneurs have to give it by protecting the planet," explains Wu.

Paris Agreement: A New Path for Gender Equality

"Indigenous women are seen as poor and vulnerable, but our ancestral knowledge is fundamental to face climate change and we want to share it with the world," says Tania Pariona Tarqui, from the Centro de Culturas Indígenas del Perú "Chirapaq", in the publication "Una Misma Mirada A Partir de Muchas Voces".

Corporate Climate Commitment on the road to nexos+1

Gerentes de RSC se reunieron el 9 de agosto para generar sinergias y así impulsar la sostenibilidad en el sector privado, en el Primer Desayuno de Networking del Compromiso Climático Corporativo - 7C.

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Perú ratifica el Acuerdo de París y consolida su liderazgo climático mundial

En un hecho histórico para el compromiso y liderazgo climático de nuestro país, hoy el presidente de la República, Ollanta Humala Tasso, firmó el Decreto Supremo Nº 058-2016-RE que ratifica el Acuerdo de París, documento que representa la mayor colación internacional de la historia de la humanidad y que tiene como objetivo hacer frente al cambio climático.