Working towards a sustainable future
The world watches as leaders meet in Paris from November 30 – December 11, 2015 for the 21st Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
View ArticleWorking towards a sustainable future
The world watches as leaders meet in Paris from November 30 – December 11, 2015 for the 21st Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
View ArticleWhy Was Berta Cáceres Assassinated?
By Beverly Bell, Other Worlds | News Analysis A few numbers begin to reveal why Honduran indigenous leader and global movement luminary, Berta Cáceres, was assassinated on March 3, 2016. According to...
View ArticleDevelopment shouldn’t mean human rights abuses.
Responsibility of International Financial Institutions to ensure Meaningful and Effective Participation and Accountability within their Investments, and to Foster an Enabling Environment for Freedoms...
View ArticleIMF Executive Board Concludes 2016 Article IV Consultation with Colombia
On April 29, 2016, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation1 with Colombia. Colombia showed strong resilience to changing global conditions in...
View ArticleUnderstanding Chinese investments in Colombia
Diálogo Chino A year ago, communities from 32 precincts in the department of Caquetá, Colombia, began a campaign of organised resistance against encroaching oil companies. The campaign kicked off...
View ArticlePerú: Complex agricultural normative undermines forests’ protection
Report prepared by Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR) (Law, Environment and Natural Resources) analizes the main agricultural processes that would conduce to forests’ loss. It is urgent to...
View ArticleThe World Bank Should Champion Human Rights
The New York Times Much of the evidence supporting the emerging consensus that strong human rights safeguards promote and enhance development has come out of research from the World Bank. Yet the...
View ArticleThe Environment is a Subject that Religion Cannot Avoid, and the Pope Knew...
By Margarita Flórez Fuente: Integral Voices The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21), which occurred in Paris last December, resulted in an agreement to try to stop climate change....
View ArticleGovernment & Civil Society Work to Strengthen Environmental Governance in...
Twenty-two (22) Signatory Countries and over 40 representatives of the public made significant progress at the 4th Meeting of the Negotiating Committee for a Regional Agreement on Access to...
View ArticleOpinion/ Rights for indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities are crucial for...
Washington Post By Omaira Bolaños Omaira Bolaños is the Latin America program director for the Rights and Resources Initiative and has advocated for community-based conservation, watershed management,...
View ArticleClimate Vulnerable Forum commit to stronger climate action at COP22
Update our NDCs as early as possible before 2020 Prepare mid-century, long-term low GHG development strategies as early as possible before 2020 Strive to meet 100% domestic renewable energy production...
View ArticleThreats to Environmental Defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean Takes...
Amnesty International reports that in 2015, Latin America recorded 122 murders of environmental defenders. In its latest report on human rights defenders, the Inter-American Commission on Human...
View ArticleVoices from the Global Gathering
Last week the Access Initiative hosted its sixth Global Gathering, Open Government for Climate Action, on 5 December – 6 December, 2016, in Paris, as part of the lead up to the Open Government...
View ArticleSea Ice Hits Record Lows at Both Poles
By Andrea Thompson Climate Central Arctic temperatures have finally started to cool off after yet another winter heat wave stunted sea ice growth over the weekend. The repeated bouts of warm weather...
View ArticleIntersessional meeting (virtual) of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional...
Fuente: CEPAL Deadline to register: Friday, 3 March 2017. Please e-mail: principio10.lac@cepal.org Virtual, Latin America and the Caribbean7 March 2017 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS...
View ArticleEvent: Protecting Environmental Defenders: Panel on Emerging State Practices...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST James A. Harmon Conference Center World Resources Institute 10 G Street NE, Suite 800 Washington, DC, 20002 Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on the...
View ArticleSixth meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement will...
CEPAL: The sifth meeting of the negotiating committee of the regional agreement will take place at Itamaraty Palace, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Brasilia, from 20 to 24 March 2017. During...
View ArticleCivil Society of Latin America and the Caribbean demands socio-environmental...
We are representatives of civil society organizations working in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, and the Dominican Republic gathered from March 6-10, 2017, during the XIII Latin American...
View ArticleEvent: Challenges and Opportunities in Development Finance. How do we get it...
Amazon Watch, Accountability Counsel, Center for International Environmental Law, Bank Information Center, the International Accountability Project, and the Coalition for Human Rights in Development...
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