by tono | Jun 4, 2018 | Blog, Latin America, News
Bike To Work Day attracts public and companies as awareness of cycling benefits grows It’s no coincidence São Paulo was the city in which Zoom, described as “Uber for helicopters”, made its worldwide debut late last year. The biggest city in South America (population:...
by tono | Sep 5, 2014 | Africa & Middle East, Food, Impacts, Jobs/Economy, Latin America, News, Oceans, Posts, Poverty
As climate change impacts compound across the globe, recent reports reveal that food insecurity will be one of the leading threats to the world’s most vulnerable populations. Agriculture industries in Africa will continue to struggle with failing crops as smallholder...
by tono | Sep 2, 2014 | Features, Governments, Latin America, News, Pollution/Health, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types
Chile is set to become the second country in Latin America to put a price on polluting, as the government gets ready to vote on its first carbon taxation scheme. The carbon tax goes before the country’s House of Representatives this week as part of a broader package...
by tono | Aug 14, 2014 | Africa & Middle East, Asia (incl. Maldives), Governments, Latin America, News, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types
Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC) have reiterated their stand of the climate change negotiations, raising the pressure on developed nations to “walk the talk” when it comes to climate action. Meeting in New Delhi at the groups’ 18th ministerial level...
by tono | Aug 1, 2014 | Asia (incl. Maldives), Governments, Latin America, News, Pollution/Health, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types
Japanese companies will now be able to earn carbon credits by investing in technology to cut greenhouse gas emissions in Mexico thanks to a new deal signed between the two countries. It is Japan’s 12th bilateral carbon agreement and will allow companies in Japan – the...
by tono | Jul 23, 2014 | Features, Governments, Home, Jobs/Economy, Latin America, News, Pollution/Health, Posts, Regions, Top, Topics, Types
Just months before an international conference brings delegates from 194 nations to Lima to discuss climate change, Peru has passed a new law that severely weakens environmental protections in the country. The new law strips Peru’s six-year-old Ministry of Environment...
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