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Global climate change trends indicate that even with mitigation efforts, our planet will continue warming into the next century, leading to more extreme climate conditions and weather events. The Latin America and Caribbean region is particularly vulnerable to some of the most challenging...
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Ambitious new agenda would end poverty by 2030 and universally promote shared economic prosperity, social development and environmental protection The 193 Member States of the United Nations reached agreement today on the outcome document that will constitute the new sustainable development...
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Lausanne, Apr. 14th, 2016 In the Himalayan region, women are the pillars of the rural economies and yet, despite some progress, they continue to face more obstacles to development than men, as a result of gender-based discrimination. In November 2014, a Norlha Symposium reviewed the...
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En mayo pasado se promulgó el Decreto Supremo 2366 que estipula la apertura de las áreas protegidas de Bolivia a las operaciones petroleras, justo meses antes de la Conferencia Climática COP 21 en París. Las áreas protegidas albergan y protegen no solamente poblaciones humanas y una gran...
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