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13  May  2008
Africa’s Economic Growth Set to Strengthen in the Coming Years

13  May  2008
Copenhagen Summit to Add Business Voice to post-Kyoto Negotiations

13  May  2008
EU and business on trial for crimes in Latin America - Friends of the Earth

13  May  2008
Solar Power Sizzles

13  May  2008
IMF Regional Economic Outlook for the Middle East and Central Asia Sees Sustained Growth, Highlights the Need to Contain Inflationary Pressures

12  May  2008
World Bank President praises Colombian Development efforts

12  May  2008
REEEP Supports World Bank Initiative on Lighting Africa

12  May  2008
Chile: Endesa Eco submits environmental impact declaration for the Canela II wind-generation plant

12  May  2008
Wind Energy Could Produce 20 Percent of U.S. Electricity By 2030

12  May  2008
Canada investment in the Americas and the Caribbean acquire increasing importance (in Spanish)

12  May  2008
Destruction of Mangrove Forests Increased Devastating Impact of Cyclone Nagris

09  May  2008
World Migratory Bird Day - Migratory Bird Numbers Plummeting Globally - Warning Signs of a Changing Environment

09  May  2008
Foreign Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean Reaches Record Figures in 2007 - UN ECLAC Report

09  May  2008
Germany Hosts Global Conference on Biological Diversity - Promoting a Global Response for Addressing the Unprecedented Loss of Biodiversity

09  May  2008
President Felipe Calderón and World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick Highlight New Strategic Partnership

09  May  2008
Myanmar’s food bowl devastated

09  May  2008
Chile: Public Works Minister presented new controllers whose function is to fight illegal water extraction (in Spanish)

08  May  2008
Peru: New energy matrix decreased electricity tariffs and natural gas price (in Spanish)

08  May  2008
Government of Canada Takes Action to Ensure Long-Term Viability of Biotechnology Sector

08  May  2008
Colombia: Nuevas capacitaciones para atender incendios forestales gracias a alianza entre Gobiernos de Colombia y Brasil (in Spanish)

08  May  2008
“State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2008” - World Bank Report

08  May  2008
Mexico: The Federal Government Call to create a culture for water conservation (in Spanish)

08  May  2008
NGO Leaders to Discuss Critical Issues And Strategies For Global Decision Making

07  May  2008
World Economic Forum and the Government of Dubai announce inaugural summit on the global agenda in Dubai

07  May  2008
USA: DOE Awards $126.6 Million for Two More Large-Scale Carbon Sequestration Projects

07  May  2008
Business Leaders Urge G8 Governments to Take Action on Emerging Global Water Crisis

07  May  2008
EU food agency under fire as Commission debates GMOs

07  May  2008
IMF Managing Director Strauss-Kahn Calls for Policies to Sustain Latin America's Achievements

07  May  2008
Case studies show initial research findings on high growth SMEs in Latin America

06  May  2008
Government of Canada Invests over $13.6 Million in Vancouver's World-Class Fuel Cell Industry

06  May  2008
EU: Can Commission back out of GMO impasse?

06  May  2008
AFDB Group Commits US$ 1 Billion More to Tackle Food Crisis, Raises Agriculture Portfolio to US$ 4.8 Billion

06  May  2008
USA: DOE Announces Up to $7.5 Million in Advanced Technology Research to Harness Energy Potential of Oceans, Tides and Rivers

06  May  2008
ADB Announces Massive Financial Support for Food Crisis

06  May  2008
Netherlands: Creativity essential for climate targets -- existing -- housing

05  May  2008
USA: Voinovich Proposes Legislation to Increase Global Warming Pollution for Decades

05  May  2008
ADB to Launch New Climate Change Fund

05  May  2008
USA: EPA's Proposed Lead Standard Still Would Expose Public to Unsafe Lead Levels

05  May  2008
Working towards a greener postal sector

05  May  2008
Canada: Oxfam Corrects the Record

05  May  2008
Global Investment in Renewable Energy Reaches $100 Billion According to UN Report

02  May  2008
Dominican Republic: World Bank Approves US$80 Million for Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Disaster Management

02  May  2008
Endowment Fund Makes For Strange Seabed-Fellows

02  May  2008
IDB approves US$56.7 million for urban environmental program in Brazil

02  May  2008
At UN gathering, Asia-Pacific nations agree to cooperate on renewable energy

02  May  2008
Woody and Aquatic Plants Pose Greatest Invasive Threat to China

02  May  2008
World Bank Announces Four-Year, US$ 7 Billion Partnership Strategy with Brazil

01  May  2008
Chile: Minister of Environment stressed positive assessment of OECD members to the current environmental reform in Chile (in Spanish)

01  May  2008
Oxfam Reacts to Canada’s boost to the WFP’s Global Appeal

01  May  2008
Canada: Reality Check- Oxfam gets facts wrong on biofuels - Canadian Renewable Fuels Asociation (CRFA)

01  May  2008
Colombia: Ministry of Environment launches pilot project phasing out old refrigerators in Bogota (in Spanish)

30  April  2008
USA: Judge Orders Bush Administration to Stop Delaying Polar Bear Protection

30  April  2008
Canadians Support Fueling Change With Biofuels

30  April  2008
Brazil: Developing Business in BRICs Is the Theme of a New International Program

30  April  2008
USA: Federal Agency Analysis - Economy Will Grow Strongly Under Lieberman-Warner Climate Bill

29  April  2008
Donors urged to fund UN appeal as first step in tackling global food crisis

29  April  2008
Philipines: Global Environment Facility (GEF) Commits $63 Million to Help Preserve Coral Triangle

29  April  2008
Diouf: World must seize chance to boost agriculture

29  April  2008
Australia: Rudd Government to invest $12.9 billion in water

29  April  2008
Aid is not enough to address food price crisis, says Oxfam

28  April  2008
USA: MIT class tracks carbon footprint of different lifestyles; finds even the smallest U.S. footprints are relatively large

28  April  2008
Spain: The World Energy Outlook, in Spanish for the first time in its 25 years - International Energy Agency

28  April  2008
Chile: Analyze Environmental Commitments of FTA with U.S. (in Spanish)

28  April  2008
USA: MIT Professor Entekhabi will lead science team for NASA satellite mission to map Earth’s water cycle

28  April  2008
Canada: Releases New Study That Spotlights Complex Factors Impacting Wild Salmon in the Broughton Archipelago

28  April  2008
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva lambasted wealthy nations for their punitive agricultural tariffs.

28  April  2008
Brazil: International Conference Discusses the Growth of Transnationals from Emerging Countries

25  April  2008
Ireland: Forests And Farms Have Significant Role As Alternative Energy Sources Are Developed - Minister Killeen

25  April  2008
Mexico: Semarnat and the Government of Puebla will Invest 1801 million pesos in Environmental Projects (in Spanish)

25  April  2008
The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) lodges joint anti-dumping & anti-subsidy complaint against unfair US “B99” exports

25  April  2008
Peru will gradually increase use of biofuel (in Spanish)

25  April  2008
USA: Proposed CAFE Rules No Substitute for Comprehensive Climate Change Policy says Environmental Defense

25  April  2008
USA: EPA Announces New Energy Star Specifications for Boxes that Deliver Television and Video Content

24  April  2008
Chile: Minister Hornkohl announces next creation of Climate Change and Agriculture Council (in Spanish)

24  April  2008
De Boer calls for promoting transfer of green technology (in Spanish)

24  April  2008
Mexico: UN certifying the 250 million trees planted by Mexico (in Spanish)

24  April  2008
Solar Know-How from Germany for Engineers Worldwide

24  April  2008
IDB approves US$400 million loan for public transportation system in Santiago, Chile

23  April  2008
Analysis Shows Effective Action on Climate Change Will Have Little Impact on U.S. Economy

23  April  2008
Paso Pacifico Awarded Gold Rating for Innovative Reforestation Project in Nicaragua

23  April  2008
Colombia: "More teeth" to curb air pollution caused by stationary sources (in Spanish)

23  April  2008
Biodiversity Loss - It Will Make You Sick

23  April  2008
Chile: "Basin Strategy will be a new model for environmental management in Chile" - Minister Uriarte

23  April  2008
Ministers to Discuss Environment and Global Competitiveness - OCDE

22  April  2008
Chile: Foreign Minister Foxley signing major agreements between Chile and India (in Spanish)

22  April  2008
Large-scale biofuel production may increase marginalization of women

22  April  2008
Mutual Fund Industry Opposition to Climate Change Resolutions Begins to Thaw - Ceres Report

22  April  2008
Brazil: Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Sul will have centre to regenerate CFCs (in Portuguese)

22  April  2008
Secretary-General Ban warns against impulses towards protectionism

22  April  2008
GEF/SCCF provide US$5M to China for adaptation to climate change

21  April  2008
APEC Ministers Take on the Digital Divide

21  April  2008
Going, going, gone? New Satellite Images Reveal a Shrinking Amazon Rainforest

21  April  2008
Mexico: CONAGUA promotes the benefits of the reforms to the federal law on rights in the Meeting of the Santiago River Basin (in Spanish)

21  April  2008
Chile: Government finishes Historic Transfer of Reservoir Santa Juana (in Spanish)

21  April  2008
$ 17.5 million for sanitary works in Uruguay- CAF

21  April  2008
Wind Power Projects Add to ADB Effort to Help India's Private Sector Develop Cleaner Power Sources

18  April  2008
Latin America: Sophisticated Japanese Satellite System (ALOS) will provide advanced Data to better adapt to climate threats

18  April  2008
USA: Renewable Energy Industry Gets Bi-Partisan Support in Senate Vote

18  April  2008
USA: Sewage Travels from Homes to Treatment to Alternative Energy Production

18  April  2008
USA: This Earth Day, an Unlikely Foe - Biofuels

18  April  2008
A major boost to preparations for the FAO Summit on food security

18  April  2008
Mexico: International NGO's recognize Mexico's proposal to create a multinational fund for Climate Change (in Spanish)

17  April  2008
Canada: New map layer depicts North America’s protected areas

17  April  2008
Central American leaders warn of the impact of high food and oil prices

17  April  2008
Mexico: CONAGUA begins this year the construction of the east emissary tunnel of the Valley of Mexico

17  April  2008
ADB to Promote Clean Energy through Private Equity Funds

17  April  2008
Chile: Government launches officially National Strategy for Watersheds (in Spanish)

17  April  2008
USA: President's Remarks Recognize Political Reality of Coming Action on Climate Change

16  April  2008
Canada and AFDB Group Launch New Technical Cooperation Fund to Finance Development Projects in Africa

16  April  2008
Chile: Chile and China relations are now at a new more dynamic and modern stage - President Bachelet (in Spanish)

16  April  2008
Mexico: World Economic Forum on Latin America opens in Cancun

16  April  2008
Oxfam America to Promote the Rights of Communities Impacted by Oil, Gas and Mining Development

16  April  2008
Illegal shipment of Amazonian timber seized in Brazil

16  April  2008
Mexico: Report highlights the importance of innovation in solving "the energy puzzle"

15  April  2008
Wildlife experts meet in Geneva to discuss the future of the South American cedar, mahogany, sharks, sturgeons and other species

15  April  2008
USA: Senate Moves Towards Clean Energy Future by Extending Efficiency and Renewable Energy Measures

15  April  2008
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is investing $4 million in a new company that will help promote public-private partnerships in water supply and sanitation in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

15  April  2008
Agriculture - The Need for Change

14  April  2008
Kyoto Protocol clean development mechanism passes 1000th registered project milestone

14  April  2008
International Seminar Shapes Path Towards Sustainable Tourism

14  April  2008
EU: Commission welcomes final adoption of the air quality directive

14  April  2008
USA: Solving Climate Change Saves Billions, Good for the Economy, Jobs

11  April  2008
New Strategic Colombia-World Bank Partnership Approved

11  April  2008
Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF) finances electrical projects in Costa Rica

11  April  2008
Food Price Surge Could Mean ‘7 Lost Years’ in Poverty Fight, Zoellick Says

11  April  2008
Mexico: Forum International Water and Sanitation launched in Puerto Vallarta (in Spanish)

11  April  2008
El Salvador: The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) and Pedagogical University joined recycling campaign (in Spanish)

11  April  2008
IMF Sees Latin America and the Caribbean Region Resilient So Far, But Risks Ahead

10  April  2008
Mexico: Over 500 top leaders to gather in Cancun for the World Economic Forum on Latin America

10  April  2008
Experts Look for Ways to Expand Access to Energy in Asia

10  April  2008
Wind Power Growth Blows Past Projections

10  April  2008
Latin America and the Caribbean Better Prepared to Face US Economic Slowdown

10  April  2008
Mexico: Flood Risk in Mexico City by deteriorating conditions of the central water emissary - Conagua (in Spanish)

10  April  2008
EU: Helping protect the Mediterranean Sea from pollution

09  April  2008
Cameroon: GPOBA Grants US$5.25 million to Improve Access to Water Services in Urban and Periurban Areas

09  April  2008
Peru: Travel and Tourism: Good as Gold - APEC

09  April  2008
Brazil: World Bank Approves $95 Million Additional Financing for the São Paulo Metro

09  April  2008
USA: Money Doesn't Grow on Trees, But Gasoline Might

09  April  2008
New Partnership Strategy Mexico-World Bank

09  April  2008
Spain and IDB sign letters of intent for $20 million for Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative and new Spanish Fund for Social Entrepreneurship

08  April  2008
El Salvador: Ministry of Environment delivers 25 water purifiers biofilters to families in Atiquizaya, Turin, San Lorenzo and Ahuachapan (in Spanish)

08  April  2008
Canada: Waterfront Toronto Completes Construction of new Aquatic Habitat at Spadina Head of Slip

08  April  2008
Chile, IDB sign two loans for $180 million for an integrated waste management program and for heritage preservation

08  April  2008
Marriott and Brazilian State of Amazonas Partner to Protect Rainforest

08  April  2008
USA: Earth Day Reality Check - Consumers 'Clueless' About Home Energy Environmental Impact Despite Rising Green Affinity

07  April  2008
Inter-American Development Bank Announces Partnership to Develop Sustainable Biofuels

07  April  2008
Russia: Market demand makes EBRD increase Severstal energy efficiency loan to €600 million

07  April  2008
Colombia: Environment Ministry signs agreement for the Magdalena watershed protection (in Spanish)

07  April  2008
Peru: APEC Working Group Considers Tourism a Vehicle for Social Development

07  April  2008
Argentina, IDB sign credit line for $360 million and loan for $120 million for a water and sanitation program

07  April  2008
WHO: Climate Change will Erode the Foundations of Health

04  April  2008
Ecuador: Chevron Accused of Lying to Shareholders Over $16 Billion Damages Claim in Ecuador Rainforest Case by Amazon Defense Coalition

04  April  2008
Mozambique: GPOBA Supports Water Services for Poor Households in Five Cities

04  April  2008
With ambitious EU legislation, wind energy can provide huge benefits to Europe

04  April  2008
UN Bangkok Climate Change Talks Reach Agreement on Work Programme for 2008 and Send Important Signal to International Carbon Markets

03  April  2008
Brazil: Environment Minister defends legal framework for payment for environmental services in Brazil (in Portuguese)

03  April  2008
Mexico: Semarnat Looks to Set Sustainable Business to allow Mexico to be more Competitive (in Spanish)

03  April  2008
Canada: Bill to Label Genetically Engineered Foods: Will MPs vote for Monsanto or Canadians?

03  April  2008
Chile: Director of National Commission for the Environment (CONAMA) Assumes Presidency of GEF for the Southern Cone (in Spanish)

03  April  2008
Peru: Mining Exploration will have to prevent and minimize risks on the health and the environment (in Spanish)

03  April  2008
New Toolbox Demystifies Green Forest Product Purchasing

02  April  2008
Upcoming UN forums to focus on using technology to combat climate change

02  April  2008
African Meteorological and Hydrological Services should be recognized as development partners

02  April  2008
Coastal Populations Losing Livelihoods to Polluted Waters says WRI

02  April  2008
Chile: Public Works Minister - "Aeronautics Vision leads to Building Sustainable Airports " (in Spanish)

02  April  2008
USA: EPA Defies Supreme Court on Climate Change States and Conservation Groups File Suit

02  April  2008
Chile: Analyzing relevance to ratify an international agreement on Plant Genetic Resources

02  April  2008
USA: Bush Administration Suspends Laws Along U.S./Mexico Border for Unnecessary and Destructive Border Wall says President of Defenders of Wildlife

01  April  2008
USA: Blue Green Alliance Teams with Vice President Al Gore to create Green Jobs and Solve the Climate Crisis

01  April  2008
Colombia: The National Council for Economic and Social Policy (Conpes) defines policy aimed at promoting the sustainable production of biofuels (in Spanish)

01  April  2008
Argentina: The soybean monoculture is destroying the native forest

01  April  2008
World waiting for climate change solution, says Ban Ki-moon

01  April  2008
Mexico: The National Water Commission (Conagua) and the Government of Acapulco initiate actions to address comprehensively the contamination of the bay (in Spanish)

01  April  2008
ADB Helps India Bring Power to All in Ambitious Multi-Billion Dollar National Grid Project

01  April  2008
USA: Coalition of environmental, public health, civic, labor community and business leaders applaud New York City Council's approval of Congestion pricing

31  March  2008
Environment crime now high on the world agenda

31  March  2008
Mekong Leaders Agree on Ambitious 5-Year Development Plan

31  March  2008
India: TERI Hosts an Exhibition of Resource and Energy Efficient Campus Designs

31  March  2008
Mexico: President Calderon invests $227,000 million pesos in water projects (in Spanish)

31  March  2008
Peru: Wind power used to generate electricity for village at 3800 m above sea level in Cajamarca (in Spanish)

31  March  2008
Latest round of UN climate talks starts today

28  March  2008
European Union's Natura 2000 - Good news for butterflies, bats and bears

28  March  2008
American West Heating Nearly Twice as Fast as Rest of World, New Analysis Shows

28  March  2008
European Union: Continued momentum needed as formal negotiations on new UN climate agreement get under way

28  March  2008
Argentina: Environment Secretariat seeks consensus for proper disposal of scrap electronics (in Spanish)

28  March  2008
Colombia: Government moving on a pilot project for scrap cars in Bogota (in Spanish)

28  March  2008
New €80 million fund to boost energy efficiency and renewables in the fight against climate change in developing countries

27  March  2008
Tunis: Investments in Agricultural Water Critical to Achieve the MDGs

27  March  2008
Spain: Ministry of Environment signs a volontary agreement with SERCOBE, UNESA, Red Eléctrica de España to limit Sulphurhexafluorid emissions (in Spanish)

26  March  2008
USA: SEC Complaint Lodged Against Chevron for Hiding $10 Billion Liability in Ecuador

26  March  2008
USA: The Green Exchange(TM) Reports Robust First Week Trading Volume in Carbon, US Emissions Contracts

25  March  2008
Boosting energy efficiency in the Slovak Republic

25  March  2008
Mexico: Sermanat will allocate European Union resources to climate change projects (in Spanish)

25  March  2008
Chile: President Bachelet inaugurated meeting of the Commission for a Sustainable World Society (in Spanish)

25  March  2008
USA: Patagonia is First to Track Environmental and Social Impact of Its Products

24  March  2008
WMO marks World Meteorological Day with call to strengthen climate observations

24  March  2008
EBRD supports municipal solid waste management in Serbia

24  March  2008
Brazil: Ministry of Environment signs agreement with supermarkets to reduce emissions (in Portuguese)

24  March  2008
Mexico is making progress in meeting the Millenium Goals in sanitation

24  March  2008
Ten new participants sign on to UN scheme to slash emissions

21  March  2008
USA: New Lung Association Study Shows $142 Billion Benefit of Converting to Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2030

21  March  2008
Canada: New Program to Produce Millions of Tonnes of Emission Reductions

20  March  2008
Urbanization brings both growth and poverty to Asia-Pacific region – UN

20  March  2008
WHO: Poor sanitation threatens public health

20  March  2008
African Water Ministers and AfDB organize First African Water Week

20  March  2008
UN Promotes the Use of Satellites to Combat Disasters in Asia and the Pacific

20  March  2008
IEA urges to overcome market barriers to increased energy efficiency in buildings

20  March  2008
USA: Wal-Mart Introduces Its Most Energy Efficient U.S. Retail Store

19  March  2008
World Bank Supports India’s Power Systems with US$600 Million

19  March  2008
Canada: Federal and Provincial Governments working together to improve the environment and keep commuters moving in the Greater Toronto Area

19  March  2008
Argentina: World Bank Approves US$60 million for sustainable management of natural resources

19  March  2008
Sweden:“Virtual Water” Innovator Awarded 2008 Stockholm Water Prize

18  March  2008
USA: Manufacturing CEOs Take to Airwaves to Support Cap on Global Warming Pollution

17  March  2008
Emissions of greenhouse gases were reduced in Spain for the first time since the Kyoto Protocol (in Spanish)

17  March  2008
ADB Funds Environmental Plan to Save 'Coral Triangle' and 'Heart of Borneo'

17  March  2008
Meltdown in the Mountains

17  March  2008
Chile: 60% citizens state that a Ministry of the Environment is necessary to solve the Country's environmental problems (in Spanish)

17  March  2008
Argentina ratified MERCOSUR cooperation protocol for environmental emergencies

17  March  2008
ADB Calls for Measures to Enhance Financing on Climate Change

14  March  2008
Major international climate conference in Norway this summer

14  March  2008
Colombia advances in the protection of the ozone layer (in Spanish)

14  March  2008
Brazil: National Council for the Environment (Conama) will classify groundwater according to quality and use (in Portuguese)

14  March  2008
Canada: Promote Green Buildings for Biggest, Easiest Cuts in North American CO2 Emissions, says new CEC report

14  March  2008
El Salvador: Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources calls citizens to protect the marine turtle (in Spanish)

14  March  2008
100 million Europeans still do not have access to safe drinking water

13  March  2008
World Bank Approves $100m for New Approach to Urban Water Management in Chinese City of Bengbu

13  March  2008
Urgent action crucial for Africa to meet its development targets – Ban Ki-moon

13  March  2008
Colombia: Representatives from 100 countries are preparing measures to protect biodiversity from genetically modified organisms in Cartagenas de Indias (in Spanish)

13  March  2008
Europeans put the environment centre stage

13  March  2008
El Salvador: Ministry of Environment an Natural Resources delivers computer equipment and GPS to 64 municipalities for environmental management (in Spanish)

13  March  2008
Chile: National Environmental Commission (Conama) and Japan Cooperation Agency (JICA) sign agreement to begin Phase II of the project to strengthen the the National Center for the Environment (in Spanish)

13  March  2008
USA: White House Unprecedented Action Threatens Nation's Bedrock Clean Air Protections

12  March  2008
Objectives achieved at the Meeting of APEC Energy Group Meeting in Lima, Peru

12  March  2008
USA: Coal Plant Catch Up

11  March  2008
Leading Companies Responding to Ecosystem Degradation

11  March  2008
Chile: New Scientific and Technology Centers of Excellence (in Spanish)

11  March  2008
Increased transfer of toxic waste from developed to developing countries, says UN report (in Spanish)

11  March  2008
India: TERI to Mobilize front line District and grass-root Levels for its Solar Campaign

10  March  2008
USA: New Strategy to Help the Nation's Ports Go Green

10  March  2008
UN agency issues ‘Green Passport’ campaign at Berlin Tourism Fair [Green Passport]

10  March  2008
Peru: Going from oil to natural gas will allow to shield economy (in Spanish)

06  March  2008
Middle East Should Join Global Efforts in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Gas Flaring - says World Bank’s GGFR

06  March  2008
Early Recovery of Nature-Based Tourism Good for Kenya and Good for Biodiversity Says UNEP Head

06  March  2008
Canadian resource companies must adopt new standards on community engagement to mitigate risk, says Ethical Funds

06  March  2008
FAO calls on countries to report on forests

06  March  2008
Private sector network will promote thermal tourism in Chile

06  March  2008
Developing Countries lead Dynamic World Tourism Growth

05  March  2008
Chile: Minister for the Environment appealed to reverse the culture of energy waste

03  March  2008
EU fails to curb emissions from transport: dramatic improvements and clear targets needed

03  March  2008
Agriculture in the Near East likely to suffer from climate change

29  February  2008
Brazil: National Monetary Council (CMN) approves environmental demands to grant rural credit in the Amazon (in Portuguese)

29  February  2008
Indore, India and EMBARQ Team Up to Improve City’s Public Transportation

29  February  2008
IDB to finance study targeting improved ground transportation between Chile and Argentina

28  February  2008
Peru: The 35Th meeting of the Energy APEC Energy Work Group will be carried out next week in Iquitos (in Spanish)

28  February  2008
USA: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Tax Breaks Pass House Vote

28  February  2008
Developing Countries Are Hardest Hit From Climate Change

28  February  2008
Investors seek security to help developing countries in Asia go green

28  February  2008
Renewable Energy Accelerates Meteoric Rise

28  February  2008
NOAA, World Bank Join to Help Manage Water and Coastal Resources in Latin America, Projects Could Also Be Launched in Other Countries

27  February  2008
World Bank Develops Practical Guidance for Sustaining Forests in Development Cooperation

27  February  2008
Global fertilizer supply expected to outstrip demand

27  February  2008
Half of global population will live in cities by end of this year, predicts UN

27  February  2008
Urgent need for progress on energy efficiency in Brazil, China and India says new World Bank book

26  February  2008
EBRD to boost Croatia’s tourism industry

26  February  2008
USA: Statement by Environmental Defense on House Climate Change White Paper

26  February  2008
Wind turbines generate more than 1 % of the global electricity Worldwide, Capacity at 93,8 GW – 19,7 GW added in 2007

25  February  2008
Warmer World May Mean Less Fish

25  February  2008
Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) Project Shares Knowledge to Support Carbon Challenge

25  February  2008
Renewable Energy (RE) could meet up to 50% of Southern Africa's Energy Needs

25  February  2008
FAO applauds the opening of seed vault in Norway

25  February  2008
New and Forward Looking Strategy for UNEP Authorized

25  February  2008
India to Lower Risk of Investing in Renewables

22  February  2008
Thailand: Beastly bugs or edible delicacies

22  February  2008
Peru and Germany promote use of renewable energy and biofuels

22  February  2008
Brazil G8+5 Legislators Forum on Climate Change

21  February  2008
World Economic Forum on Latin America will meet in Mexico in April 2008

21  February  2008
Community-Based Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Management Project for Benin

21  February  2008
Sustainable Management of Forests Priority of Next G8 Summit, Japanese PM

21  February  2008
Argentina: Afforestation to fight climate change

21  February  2008
Mexico strengthens its international agenda in the Field of Environment

21  February  2008
Solar Thermal Power Poised for Prime Time

15  February  2008
IDB Fund supports efforts to promote municipal markets

15  February  2008
Improved management of fishing's "last frontier" needed

15  February  2008
USA: Ocean Conservancy Scientist Co-Authors First Ever Global Mapping of Cumulative Effects of Human Activity on Our Ocean

12  February  2008
USA: 50th Annual Grammy Awards Goes Green

12  February  2008
Third World Congress of Biosphere Reserves presents action guidelines for next six years of UNESCO’s MAB programme

12  February  2008
Mexico: Protected areas, key tool to conserve forests and jungles and to address climate change (in Spanish)

11  February  2008
European Commission expresses concern over Japanese scientific whaling and calls on EU Member States to agree on a unified position against all whale hunting

11  February  2008
Financing the Transition from a Brown to a Green Global Economy Tops Environment Ministers Meeting

11  February  2008
Rainforest Alliance Validates First Carbon Offset Project to Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance Standards in Indonesia

08  February  2008
IDB approves US$1.5 million grant for sustainable energy and biofuel strategies in Colombia

08  February  2008
ADB Backs Huge Infrastructure Project in Nepal to Ease Water Shortages

08  February  2008
Peru will present 35 renewable energy projects in APEC forum (in Spanish)

08  February  2008
USA: Televisions Must Meet New Requirements to Earn Energy Star

08  February  2008
Ban Ki-moon urges US business leaders to support ‘green’ economics

08  February  2008
FAO unveils new bioenergy assessment tool

01  February  2008
WBCSD Joins Industry Partnership to Address Energy Poverty

31  January  2008
IDB announced an US$80 million loan to Chile for a heritage preservation program

31  January  2008
Switzerland: Designers Get Help to Reduce Environmental Impact of Laptops,Phones and TVs, and Improve Energy Efficiency

31  January  2008
Loss of mangroves alarming

31  January  2008
European Commission gives France final warning on waste water treatment

31  January  2008
USA: New York City to Clean Up Waterways by Greening Roadways and Roofs

31  January  2008
Uganda: Bank Group and SIDA Experts Discuss the Development of Organic Agriculture Programme in Uganda

31  January  2008
Colombia: Minambiente presented an account of the Macizo Colombiano Conservation Project (in Spanish)

30  January  2008
Caribbean coral reefs under increasing threat, warns UN agency

30  January  2008
World Tourism Exceeds Expectations in 2007 - Arrivals Grow From 800 Million to 900 Million in Two Years

30  January  2008
GMS Environment Ministers Seek Added Funds to Combat Climate Change

30  January  2008
Peru: Power production increased in December by using natural gas (in Spanish)

29  January  2008
World leaders issue call to action on the Millenium Development Goals at the Annual Meeting in Davos 2008

29  January  2008
Egypt: World Bank Supports Natural Gas Connections

29  January  2008
Mexico: Sermanat works out a program to secure adequate waste management throughout the country (in Spanish)

29  January  2008
EBRD pioneers energy efficiency facility for Romania

29  January  2008
World Economic Forum launched Slimcity initiative

29  January  2008
Japan unveils US$10 billion Climate Fund

25  January  2008
Davos: Water as critical as climate change

25  January  2008
EBRD supports Bulgarian energy savings market

25  January  2008
Spain: APPA values positively the European Commision's propositions for renewable energy (in Spanish)

25  January  2008
Business Leaders in Davos Call for a Clear Post-2012 Climate Change Agreement

25  January  2008
IDB approves US$100 million loan to Chile for Integrated Solid Waste Management

24  January  2008
EBRD in first partnership with private sector to restructure Russian municipal services

24  January  2008
Improved Urban Services in India's Uttarakhand State to Help Support Tourism, Industry Development

24  January  2008
USA: Population Increase Expected to Fuel Cement Consumption Increases

24  January  2008
Colombia, in ninth position in Yale and Columbia list of countries that take better care of the environment (in Spanish)

24  January  2008
EBRD in €15 million loan to Bulgaria’s UniCredit Bulbank for energy efficiency projects

24  January  2008
European Commission: Boosting growth and jobs by meeting our climate change commitments

23  January  2008
IADB's President Moreno to investors in London- Infrastructure critical for LAC’s growth

23  January  2008
Climate change to be discussed in Hawaii by major world economies (in Portuguese)

23  January  2008
MCCF to support Spain fulfil its Kyoto Protocol commitments

23  January  2008
World Bank offering US$4 million in grants for innovations in agriculture

23  January  2008
Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency Projects in Asia-Pacific Get Seed Money

23  January  2008
IDB approves US$600 million Conditional Credit Line and first US$200 million loan for agricultural services program in Argentina

23  January  2008
USA: Unprecedented Highway Accord Means Cleaner Water for Southern California

21  January  2008
World Economic Forum's Industry Partners urge action on water at Davos

21  January  2008
Mexico: New commitment with the UN in reforestation matters (in Spanish)

21  January  2008
Argentina: UNESCO communicated the creation of Pereyra Iraola and Andean North Patagonia biosphere reserves (in Spanish)

21  January  2008
Ninety percent of Europeans believe biodiversity loss is a problem

17  January  2008
Africa: World Bank Committed to Staying Engaged in Improving Management of Congolese Forests

17  January  2008
IDB approves US$830,000 grant to promote technological development for biofuels in Colombia

17  January  2008
Car industry’s green claims a fairy tale says Greenpeace

17  January  2008
Climate change, global economy among top priorities for 2008: UNDP chief

17  January  2008
UNESCO to launch new indicators for mapping and comparing national research systems

17  January  2008
IDB approves US$176.7 million for urban transportation program for Brazil’s Federal District

16  January  2008
El Salvador: Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources states its goals for this year (in Spanish)

16  January  2008
IDB Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative announced operation to support biofuels in Guatemala

16  January  2008
Africa: Rwanda’s Gishwati Forest Selected as Site for Historic Conservation Project

15  January  2008
Young Global Leaders – what the World will look like in 2030

15  January  2008
USA: Statewide Organizations Advocate Environmentally-sound, Pro-growth Energy Policy in Kansas

15  January  2008
Peru: Our natural resources are first for our country benefit- Minister of Energy and Mines in event on geothermia (in Spanish)

15  January  2008
Chile: Minister of Environment met with the General Adjunct Secretary of Organization for the Cooperation and Economic Development (OCED) in Spanish)

14  January  2008
Updated UN strategy to monitor climate change with dozens of satellites

14  January  2008
Corporations Go Public with Eco-Friendly Patents

14  January  2008
Global Environment Partners Provide Additional $20 Million to Protect Endangered Habitats

14  January  2008
IDB’s Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI) backs US-Brazil efforts to promote biofuels in Central America and the Caribbean

11  January  2008
Norway Contributing NOK60M to ADB's Multi-Donor Trust Funds for Water, Energy

11  January  2008
USA: Carl Pope Testifies Before Senate Panel Examining Bush Administration's

11  January  2008
USA: NRDC Calls on Major Airlines to Steer Clear of Highly Polluting New Fuel Types

11  January  2008
USA: Governor Supports Clean Energy for New York: Renewables an Important Part of State of the State Address

11  January  2008
HSBC, Other European Banks Receive Top Scores in First-Ever Ranking of 40 Leading Banks on Climate Change Strategies

10  January  2008
IDB’s InfraFund approved US$8.6 million in 2007 to prepare new infrastructure projects

10  January  2008
IDB approves US$750,000 to support rehabilitation of Haiti’s Peligre hydropower station

10  January  2008
Costa Rica: WB Approves $72.5 million to Revitalize the City-Port of Limon

10  January  2008
IDB approves US$300 million Conditional Credit Line and first US$100 million loan for an agrifood health and quality management program in Argentina

10  January  2008
2008: Highest levels of political and economic uncertainty for a decade

10  January  2008
Adam Smith, Meet Mother Earth:Environment Driving Global Economy, Says Worldwatch Institute in State of the World 2008

20  December  2007
USA: EPA Denies States the Right to Fight Global Warming

20  December  2007
EBRD in €5 million loan to United Bulgarian Bank for energy efficiency projects

20  December  2007
USA: Biofuel Mandate Launches Investment in Clean Energy Economy

20  December  2007
IDB approves US$29 million loan to Panama for sustainable development in Bocas del Toro

20  December  2007
UN-backed meeting on climate change's impact on agriculture wraps up

19  December  2007
Arsenic threat in rice

19  December  2007
ADB Provides $2M Grant to Combat Land Degradation, Climate Change Woes

19  December  2007
European Commission proposal to limit the CO2 emissions from cars to help fight climate change, reduce fuel costs and increase European competitiveness

19  December  2007
IDB approves US$400 million loan for Peru LNG project

18  December  2007
Colombia: Got Approval of Adaption Fund in Bali (in Spanish)

18  December  2007
Global business “deeply satisfied” with historic climate agreement

18  December  2007
Chile: Minister of Environment and members of Parliament evaluated positively the agreements reached during the Climate Change meeting in Bali (in Spanish)

18  December  2007
OECD, World Bank To Step Up Co-Operation On Sustainable Growth, Climate Change, Innovation And Other Topics

18  December  2007
USA: Sierra Club Cheers Final Passage of Energy Bill

07  December  2007
Bali: Business and Government Leaders Pair Up to Discuss post-2012 Climate Architecture

06  December  2007
Investing in a Low-Carbon Energy Future in the Developing World

06  December  2007
Three Greater Caribbean countries harmonize engineering accreditation criteria to create a market for skilled labor

06  December  2007
Establishing a Global Carbon Market

06  December  2007
Negotiators in talks on core climate change issues at UN Conference

06  December  2007
Silver Lining to Climate Change - Green Jobs

06  December  2007
IDB approves up to $381 million in debt refinancing for Costa Rica’s ICE

05  December  2007
IDB approves $150 million for Mexico’s Habitat Program

05  December  2007
World’s poor need action on climate change, UN official tells Bali meeting

04  December  2007
At UN Climate Change Conference, group on cooperative action plan set up

03  December  2007
150 Global Business Leaders Call for Legally Binding UN Framework at Bali COP to Tackle Climate Change

03  December  2007
UN climate change conference opens in Bali with call for breakthrough

03  December  2007
Chile: Government approves classification of 131 species in danger of extinction in (Spanish)

03  December  2007
USA: California Adopts Framework Extended Producer Responsibility Resolution: Product Policy Institute

30  November  2007
Kazakhstan: EBRD provides $30 million loan for upgrading of PavlodarEnergo power plant

30  November  2007
Developing Asian Countries must Rethink Water Management to Avoid Crisis

30  November  2007
King Coal Has a New Emperor in the East

30  November  2007
USA: Groundbreaking Analysis Finds Abundant, Low-Cost U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Opportunities

30  November  2007
IDB approves US$21 million for community water program in Bolivia

29  November  2007
USA: Major Supermarkets Chillin' for the Environment - EPA Launches the GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership

29  November  2007
Mexico: World Bank approves $200.26 million for better access to housing, basic services and property regularization

29  November  2007
China: Put Poorest at the Centre of the Fight Against Climate Change

29  November  2007
El Salvador: Minister of Environment presents Consulting Group for Climate Change (in Spanish)

29  November  2007
Colombia: Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territory Development reach agreement with mayors and gobernors about drinking water and sanitation (in Spanish)

29  November  2007
IDB approves US$22 million loan to Bolivia for storm drainage in La Paz

28  November  2007
European Commission: EU on track towards Kyoto target but efforts must be maintained, projections show

28  November  2007
Climate change, Africa and the MDGs

28  November  2007
Brazil: Government submits new law on access to genetic resources to public consultation (in Portuguese)

28  November  2007
Information technology can be harnessed against climate change, UN meeting told

28  November  2007
Indonesia at risk: Climate change threatens people and nature

28  November  2007
UN-backed tree-planting drive hits 1 billion goal ahead of climate change talks

27  November  2007
Electrifying a Low-carbon Future

27  November  2007
EBRD boosts support for renewable energy in Bulgaria

27  November  2007
European Commission: Bali conference on climate change must launch negotiations and fix ‘roadmap’ for new UN agreement

27  November  2007
Climate change threatens unprecedented human development reversals says UNDP report

26  November  2007
Japan, the Netherlands and ADB Fund Water and Sanitation Project Design for Nepal

26  November  2007
European Commission: Directive on flood risk management comes into force

26  November  2007
Colombia: Vice Minister of Environment explains advancement in terms of biofuels at the V Round Table on Sustainable Development of Oil Palm in Malaysia (in Spanish)

26  November  2007
Chile: Minister of Environment announced urgent measures to protect whales and dolphins in Chilean coast (in Spanish)

26  November  2007
IEA commends Switzerland for its energy policy reforms, but sees more room for higher energy efficiency and use of renewable energy

26  November  2007
Colombia: Ban Ki-moon welcomes decision by tourism meeting to focus on climate change

23  November  2007
Japan, United Kingdom and ADB Assist Asia and the Pacific Adapt to Climate Change

23  November  2007
Canada initiates a new era in conservation

23  November  2007
Mexico: Sermanat gives a boost to the introduction of technologies that makes power generation more efficient (in Spanish)

23  November  2007
South Korea contributes more than US$4 million to First Environmental Project between Two Koreas

23  November  2007
Chile: President Bachelet meets with the Executive Secretariat for Sustainable Development and requests proposals for the redesign of environmental institutions (in Spanish)

23  November  2007
Brazil: President Lula signs decree for a National Plan of Climate Change (in Portuguese)

22  November  2007
Internal urban migration in Latin America surpasses the country-city migration - says ECLAC (in Spanish)

22  November  2007
Opportunities and risks of wood energy production

22  November  2007
Spain: Club of Madrid Calls on a Deep Reform of International Energy Governance

21  November  2007
China on Pace to Become Global Leader in Renewable Energy

21  November  2007
Sweden and UNEP Team Up to Help Developing Countries Phase Out of Ozone Depleting HCFCS

21  November  2007
Emissions in rich countries hit all-time high, finds UN climate change group

21  November  2007
IDB approves US$100 million loan for sanitation sector reform program in Peru

21  November  2007
Asia: Climate Change Presents Opportunities to Renew Development Strategies - ADB President

21  November  2007
Aquaculture only way to fill the coming "fish gap"

20  November  2007
Biofuels: the Once and Future Energy Source?

20  November  2007
Massive New Rainforest Reserve Established in the Democratic Republic of Congo

20  November  2007
IDB and the European Commission strengthen collaboration to improve economic and social development in Latin America

20  November  2007
70MW of Sustainable Energy for East African Agricultural Industries

20  November  2007
New Carbon Standard Guarantees Environmental Integrity and Transparency for Global Offset Market

19  November  2007
Paying farmers to protect the environment?

19  November  2007
Ban Ki-moon urges climate change breakthrough in Bali after dire report released

18  November  2007
European Commission calls for evidence on the economics of biodiversity loss

18  November  2007
Eight West African Countries to Benefit from a Regional Biosafety Project

18  November  2007
IDB approves US$50 million loan to support SEDAPAL’s Water For All Program in Peru

18  November  2007
Spain: Conference on “Democratizing Energy”, the focus of attention of the Club of Madrid, to start next week

18  November  2007
Mexico: Construction of U.S. border wall puts at risk a large variety of vegetal and animal species (in Spanish)

18  November  2007
USA: Court Rejects Federal Fuel Economy Standards

14  November  2007
Countries Around the World Unite to Celebrate Entrepreneurship

14  November  2007
Colombia: Message of Prince Willem Alexander in Latinosan 2007 (in Spanish)

14  November  2007
El Salvador: Launched IX General Meeting of the Latin American and the Caribbean Environmental Funds Network (REDLAC) (Spanish)

14  November  2007
EBRD launches energy efficiency framework for Slovak Republic

14  November  2007
World Economic Forum and World Energy Council join forces to promote sustainable energy supply and use in Africa

14  November  2007
Bolivia: UN agencies to help La Paz set up early warning system