According to the 'Energy in block BRICS' report, reversible sources here accounted for 73 percent of electricity generation produced in 2014, which contrasts with other nations in that group, whose percentages range from two percent in the For South Africa and 22 percent in China.

Ocho científicos de América Latina aspiran a ocupar un cargo directivo del Panel Intergubernamental de Expertos en Cambio Climático (IPCC), máximo órgano internacional sobre la ciencia del calentamiento, que ayer cerró el plazo de presentación de candidaturas.

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"El cambio climático está afectando a toda la región", especialmente el denominado corredor seco en el litoral Pacífico, donde "no solo las especies están siendo impactadas, sino también las poblaciones y comunidades en esa zona", dijo Grethel Aguilar, directora regional de la UICN.

The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) , which serves as the Energy Efficiency Hub of the SE4ALL initiative, as one of its core activities, works to analyse and promote opportunities for accelerating energy efficiency uptake globally. As part of this broad mandate the Centre has engaged four regional partners in a detailed assessment of current energy efficiency policies, priorities and opportunities in selected countries in each region with the dual objectives of identifying key opportunities for support and at the same time being able to share experiences and best practice examples.

An estimated 80 per cent of global deforestation occurs as a direct result of agricultural practices. Government subsidies, estimated at $200 billion annually, are often the key underlying drivers of forest loss worldwide, with policy makers rarely recognizing their impact, says a new United Nations brief.

Liliana and Luisa Terán, two indigenous women from northern Chile who travelled to India for training in installing solar panels, have not only changed their own future but that of Caspana, their remote village nestled in a stunning valley in the Atacama desert.

Indonesia, ranked third in the amount of land covered by tropical forests and the world's top palm oil producer, is likely to play a key role at the United Nation's Paris climate conference later this year.

Los compromisos para reducir la emisión de gases de efecto invernadero anunciados hasta ahora por los 56 países responsables del 65% de las emisiones no permitirán cumplir con el objetivo de limitar el aumento de las temperaturas a dos grados centígrados para finales de siglo. Es la principal conclusión de un estudio publicado este miércoles en Bonn (Alemania), coincidiendo con la celebración de una reunión preparatoria de la Cumbre Internacional sobre Cambio Climático de París.

El niño colombiano Juan David Díaz Manríquez, ha sido elegido ganador regional para América Latina y el Caribe del Vigésimo Cuarto Concurso Internacional de Pintura Infantil 2015, organizado por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA), con el apoyo de la Fundación para la Paz Mundial y el Medio Ambiente.

Entre julio de 2015 y agosto de 2017 Chile duplicaría su actual capacidad de generación a partir de fuentes de Energía Renovables No Convencionales (ERNC). Ello debido a que entrarían en operación medio centenar de proyectos de este tipo, que actualmente se encuentran en etapa de construcción; según informa el Centro Nacional para la Innovación y Fomento de las Energías Sustentables (Cifes) en su reporte del mes de agosto.

Chances that governments will work out a U.N. accord to combat climate change in December seem brighter than in the run-up to a failed attempt in 2009, experts said as delegates from almost 200 nations met on Monday, hoping to bridge deep divisions.

Una activa y valiosa participación tuvieron un grupo de representantes de pueblos originarios de la región del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins en el "Taller Regional de Evaluación Social y Ambiental para la Estrategia Nacional de Cambio Climático y Recursos Vegetacionales de Chile", organizado por la Corporación Nacional Forestal CONAF, región de O'Higgins, realizado en la comuna de Santa Cruz.

Barbados is to establish a Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Energy Minister Darcy Boyce has said.