Daily, millions of homes in Latin America and the Caribbean lose energy in the process of cooling or heating. In the case of dry climates, as in Mexicali, Mexico, households can consume more than 1,000 kWh / month for electricity in the warmer months due to the excessive use of air conditioning. In Chile, however, estimates indicate that households consume on average 830 kWheq … [Read more...] about 4 KEYS TO AN IRRESISTIBLE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM
What are the basic principles of a resettlement policy?
The social safeguards cluster works to ensure that people displaced by bank financed projects are left in better circumstances than before and that they also benefit from development projects. Executing a successful involuntary resettlement program is an enormous challenge because it entails negotiating with multiple stakeholders, some who often have competing interests. The … [Read more...] about What are the basic principles of a resettlement policy?
Three Key Steps to Prevent the Demise of the World’s Biodiversity
The Convention on Biological Diversity’s Global Biodiversity Outlook IV paints a dire picture: We are destroying an unprecedented amount of habitat that plants and animals need to survive. We are overexploiting and overfishing the oceans. We are contaminating our water sources and putting pressure on critical habitats such as coral reefs. We illegally hunt and kill animals. We … [Read more...] about Three Key Steps to Prevent the Demise of the World’s Biodiversity
100 billion reasons to pay attention to the summit in Peru this October
The debate on the need for switching to low carbon economies has been a bipolar one for quite some time. On one side, developed countries sustain that developing countries need to change their economic growth pattern and reduce emissions. On the other, developing countries ask why their economic growth should be stanched by low carbon considerations when the developed countries … [Read more...] about 100 billion reasons to pay attention to the summit in Peru this October
How Much Do We Care about Biodiversity?
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has estimated that between $150 and $440 billion dollars are needed annually to implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity (2011-2020), and other authors, suggest that between $23 and $52 billion dollars are being spent per year worldwide. Moreover, the OECD suggests that there has been a worldwide decline in financing for … [Read more...] about How Much Do We Care about Biodiversity?