There are effective practices to address the challenges facing the housing sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read four lessons based on practices in the region.
With about a third of the world’s water resources, Latin America has the highest water endowment per capita, nearly four times the global average. Even so, as many as 150 million people or about a…
What is the importance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27, for Latin America and the Caribbean?
Cities concentrate the causes and impacts of climate change and are central to any broad effort to reduce it. We want to share some challenges we face in cities in Latin America and the Caribbean…
As the region recovers from the economic downturn, it is important that governments make their recovery 'green'.
Newly released estimates from satellite data show a 3% increase in global gas flaring globally in 2018 to 145 billion cubic meters (bcm).
The Joint Secretariat of High Level Panel on Water and Connect4Climate announced today that the winner of the Instagram Photo Competition — #All4TheGreen Photo4Climate Contest Special Blue Prize…
"Syria". Drawing by Rajesh Sarkar. Resource rich nations face unique challenges when attempting to move from low to high value added activities. Resource sectors (such as mining and oil…
There is a horrible old saying in some Arab countries: Women belong to their homes and husbands only. They shouldn’t be educated, work, or have an opinion. This belief, unfortunately, still…
France has just hosted COP21 to a very successful conclusion: the 2015 Paris Agreement. This achieved consensus among 196 countries on the most complex and challenging global issue of our time –…