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Energy & Environment

Five Latin Americans leading the fight to protect the environment

Jimena Galindo | August 18, 2017

This month, Global Americans honors the environmental activists that risk their lives to speak out against extraction projects that put environments and ...
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Climate change and health in Guatemala: Fourth in our series

Nic Wirtz | July 6, 2017

Of the 77,807 deaths in Guatemala's private hospitals in 2015, 13.7% were linked to environmental causes. And that’s just in a regular year. A repeat of ...
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A Canada-Latin America partnership: Four ways to address climate change

Guy Edwards | July 5, 2017

The G20 Hamburg summit this Friday could help lay the foundation for a closer cooperation between Canada and Latin America on climate change following the ...
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Protecting the environment without the U.S.

Teresa Kramarz | June 4, 2017

The Trump administration’s decision to abandon the Paris Agreement was no surprise. The world, U.S. cities, and U.S. businesses are already moving on, ...
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Climate change and migration in Guatemala: Second in our series

Nic Wirtz | May 9, 2017

The Trump administration is making noises that it will re-focus U.S.-Central America Plan for Prosperity aid on security. But poverty and natural ...
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Climate change and food security in Guatemala: The first in a series of reports

Nic Wirtz | May 5, 2017

Rising temperatures, extreme weather and lack of infrastructure are threatening Guatemala’s food security. But the government has done little to ...
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How can Latin America reduce its exposure to climate risk?

Amal-Lee Amin | April 6, 2017

Climate change and efforts to address it threaten to reduce the value of important economic assets in the region. Can long-term planning help reduce risk ...
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Can Latin America and the Caribbean reduce its exposure to climate risk?

Amal-Lee Amin | March 30, 2017

Two years ago scientists stumbled upon hundreds of dead whales in a remote area of Patagonia in southern Chile in the biggest single whale ...
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Can Latin American and Caribbean nations and Canada convince the U.S. not to ditch the Paris Agreement?

Guy Edwards | March 10, 2017

The Americas has a lot at stake in the U.S. remaining in the Paris Agreement. Latin America and Caribbean countries and Canada should convince it to do so.
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