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Monday, 15 December 2014

Financiarán Programa "Ciudades y cambio climático"

CAF -banco de desarrollo de América Latina- y la Agencia Francesa de Desarrollo (AFD) suscribieron hoy un convenio de cooperación por 500.000 euros, a fin de que la institución multilateral cuente con más recursos para financiar el programa de asistencia técnica "Ciudades y cambio climático".

Monday, 15 December 2014

Jamaica To Strengthen Its Climate Resilience With IDB Support

Jamaica will increase its resilience to climate change by enhancing the adaptive capacity of the agriculture and tourism sectors and watershed management, using a US$10 million highly concessionary loan and a US$7,895,000 grant approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

Monday, 15 December 2014

Climate policy pledges are an important step forward but fall short of 2°C

Pledges to reduce emissions in China, Europe and the US provide an important step forward for climate change action, but a more comprehensive effort is needed to stabilize the climate below critical thresholds. Climate finance can cover investment gaps and alleviate distributional tensions, a new study shows. The study looks into several key negotiation issues on the road from the climate summit in Lima to the one in Paris 2015.

Sunday, 14 December 2014

Lima Call for Climate Action Puts World on Track to Paris 2015

Nations concluded by elaborating the elements of the new agreement, scheduled to be agreed in Paris in late 2015, while also agreeing the ground rules on how all countries can submit contributions to the new agreement during the first quarter of next year.

Sunday, 14 December 2014

El SICA creará programa regional para educar sobre cambio climático

El Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA) se propone crear un proyecto regional para apoyar a los ocho países miembros en el tema de la educación sobre el cambio climático, en respuesta a la alta vulnerabilidad al fenómeno que presenta la región de Centroamérica y el Caribe.

Sunday, 14 December 2014

How Japan turns waste into energy

A recent visit to this East Asia country revealed a number of lessons that a small island state like Jamaica and other members of the CARICOM could learn from. Turning waste into energy is one such.

Friday, 12 December 2014

John Kerry: climate change is now a security issue

John Kerry, the US secretary of state, called on world leaders to reach for an ambitious deal to fight climate change in a visit to UN negotiations on Thursday.

Friday, 12 December 2014

Uruguay apunta a utilizar matriz energética 100% renovable

Una imagen revela claramente lo que está ocurriendo en Uruguay: el 70% de la carga especial que hoy circula por sus carreteras corresponde a parques eólicos desarmados y paneles solares camino a su destino final, a algún rincón de sus apenas 180.000 Km2 de superficie.

Friday, 12 December 2014

Perú - MINEDU premia en COP 20 a docentes y alumnos de colegios públicos con logros ambientales

Todos los colegios públicos y privados están llamados a contribuir al cuidado del ambiente involucrando a los docentes, alumnos y padres de familia y es con ese enfoque que el Ministerio de Educación (MINEDU) reconoció ayer con una gran “Bandera Verde” a 26 instituciones educativas del país - una de cada región - que han registrado los más importantes logros en gestión ambiental durante el presente año.

Friday, 12 December 2014

Green Fund applauds contributions by Mexico, Peru & Colombia

Green Climate Fund, GCF, Executive Director Hela Cheikhrouhou has praised the contributions announced by Mexico, Peru and Colombia for the first fund to finance the mitigation and adaptation to global warming in developing countries.

Friday, 12 December 2014

As Lima climate talks stutter, business remains positive

Rachel Kyte is the World Bank’s chief climate official. In 2013 it channelled around US$2.3 billion to clean energy projects in developing countries.

Thursday, 11 December 2014

WWF: “John Kerry inyectó la tan esperada energía política a las lentas negociaciones en Lima”

El vicepresidente de Cambio Climático de World Wildlife Foundation, Lou Leonard, emitió esta tarde una declaración como respuesta al discurso que dio esta tarde el secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos, John Kerry.

Thursday, 11 December 2014

AILAC: “Los países en desarrollo estamos invirtiendo en adaptarnos por las consecuencias de las naciones desarrolladas”

Negociadores de diversas partes del mundo anunciaron la necesidad de tener un tratado vinculante al finalizar la COP20. Latinoamérica pide principalmente que se considere el tema de adaptación y destaca que hay buenas señales para lograr un borrador en la COP20.

Thursday, 11 December 2014

Cutting carbon a good business opportunity, private sector told

Whatever the global climate agreement reached next year in Paris looks like, the private sector will need to dramatically step up efforts to cut global carbon emissions, negotiators and analysts said at U.N. climate talks in Lima Thursday.

Thursday, 11 December 2014

Lima climate talks agree on just one paragraph of deal with 24 hours left

The talks – scheduled to end at noon local time on Friday after 10 full days – are intended to provide a clear blueprint for a global agreement to fight climate change by the end of next year.