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Energy & Environment

Corruption, oil, and the role of external agencies in the Caribbean

July 31, 2020

Rewatch the second day of our sponsored conference: "Good Governance and Corruption in the ...
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Long-term decarbonization strategies can guide Latin America’s sustainable recovery

By Graham Watkins / July 23, 2020

With the need to confront the short-term COVID-19 pandemic and long-term climate crisis, sustainable recovery strategies can help governments tackle ...
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Post COVID-19: A call for the right to the Latin American city

By Giulia Andronico De Morais Salles / June 30, 2020

Latin America has the unique opportunity to use the COVID-19 pandemic to reshape its cities into more equitable communities. How they do this will be imperative for the future of the ...
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From pandemics to floods: Inequality as a comorbidity

By Teresa Kramarz / June 11, 2020

Similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental disasters hit marginalized communities the hardest. Not just because they are more exposed to risk, but because of social vulnerabilities and inequalities that prevent them from responding to these ...
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Latin America’s wake up call: From pandemic to climate emergency

By Maximiliano Bello & Anders Beal / April 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic provides needed context for the growing environmental movement—mainly that the climate crisis could have outcomes conceivably more dire than the current ...
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Global Americans’ top ten articles of 2019

December 26, 2019

As we wrap up the year, here are ten articles that encompass the year’s trends and ...
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The COP25 dilemma and looking forward to 2020

By Maximiliano Bello & Anders Beal / December 20, 2019

After two weeks of negotiations, the resulting COP25 deal was a weak compromise. Stronger international cooperation and increased pressure is necessary to curb climate ...
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The missed opportunity of COP25

By Rebecca Ray / December 5, 2019

The relocation of COP25 from Chile to Spain was a missed opportunity to focus on Latin America's environmental issues, especially the ambiguous governance of DFI-financed projects in the ...
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The Caribbean’s extreme vulnerability to climate change: A “life or death” matter

By Victoria Gaytan / November 22, 2019

Climate change poses an uneven burden on the economy and future development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean. Unfortunately, not enough attention is brought to this “life or death” ...
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