Good practices for climate action and development were at the core of the COP26 discussions. Latin America and the Caribbean provide a territory of endless solutions aimed at promoting adaptation and mitigation that both large and small countries can replicate and adapt according to their needs and contexts. Including climate change in development issues is already a priority … [Read more...] about 5 lessons on good practices for climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean
Environment Climate Change and Safeguards
Paris Alignment: An Opportunity to Strengthen Economies with Low-Carbon and Climate-Resilient Investments
Last November, delegations from 197 countries gathered in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). During the summit, the IDB Group announced an aspirational target to align all its loans and projects with the Paris Agreement (PA) by the start of 2023. To explain what this means, let us return to one of the PA’s main objectives: to ensure a pathway … [Read more...] about Paris Alignment: An Opportunity to Strengthen Economies with Low-Carbon and Climate-Resilient Investments
A Blue Roadmap for Barbados
Barbados is striving as a climate leader and has proven its commitment through its updated NDC and now as part of its journey for a more ambitious sustainable economic development, the country has approved and begun to implement a Blue Economy Roadmap. The journey of the Blue Economy Roadmap which is an integrated Blue Economy policy framework and strategic action plan … [Read more...] about A Blue Roadmap for Barbados
Ocean resources are key to a sustainable and resilient recovery in Tobago
Tobago is renowned for its sandy beaches, great weather, beautiful tropical landscapes, and friendly people. But the island is also home to transcendent nature-based assets such as the internationally known Buccoo Reef and the Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve, the oldest legally protected forest reserve in the western hemisphere. All of these characteristics will be key to a … [Read more...] about Ocean resources are key to a sustainable and resilient recovery in Tobago
Breathe Easy: smartphone apps can reduce exposure to air pollution
A product of decades of industrialization, urbanization, and motorization, chronic severe air pollution is now a global phenomenon. Today, 90 percent of the world’s people live in places that do not meet World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards. The consequences for human health have been grave. Each year, air pollution causes 5 to 9 million premature deaths and … [Read more...] about Breathe Easy: smartphone apps can reduce exposure to air pollution