A dos años de la peor tragedia ambiental de su historia, Brasil sigue apostándole a un modelo irresponsable de embalses mineros.
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Cooptación del Estado, tragedia ambiental y olvido: Los ingredientes de la minería en Brasil
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Five Latin Americans leading the fight to protect the environment
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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
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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
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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.
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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, housing and displacement in Guatemala: Third in our series
Nic Wirtz |
Sixty one percent of the homes in Guatemala have been determined to be inadequate, at risk to the effects extreme weather such as mudslides and flooding, ...
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Climate change and migration in Guatemala: Second in our series
Nic Wirtz |
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 |
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?
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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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