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 region.
Post COVID-19: A call for the right to the Latin American city
By Giulia Andronico De Morais Salles /
Energy & Environment
From pandemics to floods: Inequality as a comorbidity
By Teresa Kramarz /
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 events.
Energy & Environment
Latin America’s wake up call: From pandemic to climate emergency
By Maximiliano Bello & Anders Beal /
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 pandemic.
Two Gringos with Questions
An interview with Thomas Carothers, Senior Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
In this episode, hosts Chris and Ken speak to Carothers about the state of democracy during the COVID-19 pandemic, lessons to learn from government action during the outbreak and more.
Energy & Environment
Latin American and Caribbean countries are competing to host the 2019 UN climate talks. That’s good news for the region and the world
By Guy Edwards & Isabel Cavelier /
Since the incoming government of Jair Bolsonaro backed out of Brazil’s plan to host the COP25 meetings next year, five Latin American and Caribbean countries—Barbados, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Jamaica—have stepped up.
Energy & Environment
Beyond the hurricanes: Cooperation on climate change in the Americas
By Guy Edwards /
Greater cooperation between countries, states, cities, the private sector and civil society in the U.S. and Latin America can play a vital role in making the hemisphere more secure by improving resilience to climate change.
Energy & Environment
Regional and domestic politics could sabotage Brazil’s bid to host UN climate change talks in 2019
By Guy Edwards /
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The confusion over Brazilian efforts to host COP25 points to a larger dysfunction, in Brazil and in the region at large.
Brazil and the Southern Cone
Environmental protection in the Americas
A breakdown of domestic performance and adherence to international treaties in the hemisphere.
Energy & Environment
Latin America and the Caribbean steps up implementation of the Paris Agreement
By Amal-Lee Amin /
The UN Climate Change talks are underway in Germany where, alongside the negotiations, myriad actors including many Latin Americans are demonstrating how they are implementing the Paris deal.
Energy & Environment
Climate change and migration in Mexico: Fifth in our series
By Nic Wirtz /
Climate change is driving an increasing number of Latin Americans northwards toward Mexico and to the United States.