La Asociación Nacional de Ganaderos de Panamá (Anagan) presentará a las autoridades del país una propuesta aún en estudio para enfrentar las graves consecuencias de la falta de lluvias en la ganadería, anunciaron hoy sus líderes.

After seeing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere surpass a historic threshold last week, the world should brace for the new peak level to soon become the global annual average, the World Meteorological Organization warned Tuesday.

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas emitió una seria advertencia a la comunidad empresarial mundial sobre el hecho de que las pérdidas económicas relacionadas con desastres están “fuera de control” e irán en aumento: a menos que la reducción del riesgo de desastres se torne el elemento fundamental de las estrategias de inversión privada.

Objetivo general del curso: conocer y desarrollar el modelo SWAT como una herramienta para el manejo de cuencas hidrográficas.

El secretario de Medio Ambiente, Juan José Guerra Abud, informó que el gobierno de Dinamarca invertirá en México cinco millones de euros en proyectos prioritarios sobre cambio climático y energía limpia.

The habitats of many common plants and animals will shrink dramatically this century unless governments act quickly to cut rising greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Sunday after studying 50,000 species around the world.

El fin de semana el gobierno afirmó que no se utilizaron las hidroeléctricas Bayano, Changuinola ni Fortuna —esta última la más importante del país por su nivel de aporte—, debido a que se registraron algunas lluvias y a que el consumo bajó, lo que indica que se mantiene en aumento el uso de energía térmica. 

This 5-day workshop will bring together about 40 early career scientists, mainly from Central and Southern America, and nine distinguished scientists, each of whom will give several lectures on chosen topic. The workshop format will provide ample time for personal and group discussions and topical round tables to facilitate networking across the central themes of Natural Hazards research.

AT NOON on May 4th the carbon-dioxide concentration in the atmosphere around the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii hit 400 parts per million (ppm).

Persistent organic pollutants, organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation, are commonly released from burning plastic or other industrial processes. 90% of human exposure is through food, mainly meat.

El coordinador del Programa Nacional de Trigo, Félix Marza, informó ayer que en coordinación con el Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agropecuaria y Forestal (Iniaf) se presentaron los primeros resultados de investigación de adaptabilidad del Programa Nacional de Trigo en la comunidad de Yuraj Molino, en el departamento de Cochabamba.

The Regional Centre for Climate Change and Decision-Making was launched earlier this year (19 March) in Montevideo, Uruguay, where it will have its headquarters and where it is organising its first training event for policymakers.

The bank, which opened in November 2012 and is capitalised with 3 billion pounds of government money, supported eleven projects over its first five months, most of which manage or produce energy from waste.

A joint effort lead by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in collaboration with the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) focused on the climate and development challenge for LAC. It deals with a matter that is bound to affect the likelihood of achieving sustainable progress in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), through the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Regional Gateway for Technology Transfer and Climate Change Action in Latin America and the Caribbean (REGATTA), invites you to participate in its photo contest that will award those photographs that best reflect i) climate change impact in Latin America and the Caribbean or ii) mitigation and adaptation measures being undertaken in the fight against climate change in the region.  

You can see the gallery here

Learn more about the contest at http://www.pnuma.org/contest_basis_regatta.pdf

See information about the jury at http://www.pnuma.org/jury.pdf