Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean keep demonstrating their commitment to sustainable development. Adopting the 2030 Agenda and ratifying the Paris agreement showed their willingness to remain well below 2C degrees Celsius. Such commitments require mobilizing enormous amounts of resources, in particular from private sector investors. This week, I had the pleasure … [Read more...] about Meeting the challenge of sustainable infrastructure needs to meet the challenge with public-private collaboration?
Infrastructure and Sustainable Landscapes
Global Infrastructure Forum maps out route towards delivering sustainable infrastructure
Last Saturday, tens of thousands of people gathered on the Washington D.C. mall for the March for Science alongside hundreds of sister marches around the world to coincide with Earth Day. Climate change and environmental protection were high on the agenda as the planet continues to warm and countries confront an increasing number of extreme weather events. Meanwhile, down … [Read more...] about Global Infrastructure Forum maps out route towards delivering sustainable infrastructure
Global Infrastructure, Science, and Earth Optimism
Three seemingly unrelated events bought thousands of people to a rainy Washington D.C. at the end of April 2017. The Global Infrastructure Forum (GIF) featured the UN and the multilateral development banks and their commitments to infrastructure to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. The Science March paralleled marches all around the world to … [Read more...] about Global Infrastructure, Science, and Earth Optimism
The imperative of sustainable infrastructure in Latin America
Thousands of government officials, ministers, investors, and civil society leaders are descending on Washington D.C. this week for the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. There is one date that should be central to the discussions: 2020. If the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius is to be … [Read more...] about The imperative of sustainable infrastructure in Latin America
How can Latin America reduce its exposure to climate risk?
COPYRIGHT © - Alan Zeer, Blue Whale - Balleine Bleue (CC BY 2.0 )- FLICKR This article was originally posted on Latin America Goes Global website. Two years ago, in the biggest single whale stranding ever recorded, scientists stumbled upon hundreds of dead whales in a remote area of Patagonia in southern Chile. Scientists were … [Read more...] about How can Latin America reduce its exposure to climate risk?