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Artículos

  • UN Weather Agency Warns of Escalating Climate Extremes Across Caribbean and Latin America

    19 de mayo, puesto en línea por Alison Kentish
    A new report from the World Meteorological Organization says rising seas, intensifying hurricanes, extreme heat and worsening drought and flooding across the region are placing growing strain on economies and public health systems.

  • The GEF Leads Global Drive to Tackle Shipping Threat to Oceans

    14 de mayo, puesto en línea por Kizito Makoye
    Under the warm waters off Tanzania’s Mafia Island, marine scientist Asha Mgeni hovers above a coral reef she has studied for years. Small fish dart through the currents. To most divers, the reef appears pristine. But Mgeni notices something unusual. Tucked between coral branches are invasive (…)

  • VENEZUELA: ‘The Credit Goes to Detainees’ Families, Human Rights Organisations and the International Community’

    6 de mayo, puesto en línea por CIVICUS
    CIVICUS discusses the status of political prisoners in Venezuela with Manuel Virgüez, director of Movimiento Vinotinto, a Venezuelan human rights organisation that works for citizen empowerment, democracy and justice. On 3 January, US special forces abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro (…)

  • How Santa Marta Finally Made Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Politically Discussable

    6 de mayo, puesto en línea por Umar Manzoor Shah
    The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, may eventually be remembered as a defining moment in global climate politics, not because it produced a treaty or a formal negotiation outcome, but because it changed the tone, structure, and ambition of the (…)

  • Clean Energy, Digital Technologies Are Coming at a Human Cost, UN Report Warns

    30 de abril, puesto en línea por Umar Manzoor Shah
    A newly released United Nations report has raised urgent concerns that the world’s push toward clean energy and digital technologies is driving a hidden crisis in some of the planet’s most vulnerable regions, where mining for critical minerals is depleting water supplies, damaging health, and (…)