Inter Press Service - Latin America and the Caribbean

Artículos

• VENEZUELA: ‘The Credit Goes to Detainees’ Families, Human Rights Organisations and the International Community’

  6 de mayo, puesto en línea por CIVICUS
  CIVICUS discusses the status of political prisoners in Venezuela with Manuel Virgüez, director of Movimiento Vinotinto, a Venezuelan human rights organisation that works for citizen empowerment, democracy and justice. On 3 January, US special forces abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro (…)

• How Santa Marta Finally Made Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Politically Discussable

  6 de mayo, puesto en línea por Umar Manzoor Shah
  The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, may eventually be remembered as a defining moment in global climate politics, not because it produced a treaty or a formal negotiation outcome, but because it changed the tone, structure, and ambition of the (…)

• Clean Energy, Digital Technologies Are Coming at a Human Cost, UN Report Warns

  30 de abril, puesto en línea por Umar Manzoor Shah
  A newly released United Nations report has raised urgent concerns that the world’s push toward clean energy and digital technologies is driving a hidden crisis in some of the planet’s most vulnerable regions, where mining for critical minerals is depleting water supplies, damaging health, and (…)

• Inside GEF-9: What it is and Why it Could Define the Next Four Years of Environmental Action

  27 de abril, puesto en línea por Alison Kentish
  The Global Environment Facility’s new $3.9 billion funding cycle aims to accelerate environmental action by shifting from individual projects to system-wide environmental transformation.

• Santa Marta Summit Aims to Push Fossil Fuel Phase-Out as Indigenous Voices Demand Urgent Action

  24 de abril, puesto en línea por Umar Manzoor Shah
  A high-stakes international summit in Colombia starting today (April 24) is expected to sharpen global efforts to phase out fossil fuels, as governments, scientists and Indigenous leaders warn that the world is running out of time to avert irreversible climate damage. During a virtual press (…)