Environment

• Friday, September 15th 2023 - 11:10 UTC

  Drought strikes: Uruguay's economy shrinks by 2.5% in Year-on-Year analysis

  

  The Central Bank of Uruguay has unveiled concerning economic data, revealing a 2.5% year-on-year decline in the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second semester of 2023. The figures, released on Thursday, shed light on the adverse effects of the drought on Uruguay's economic landscape.

• Friday, September 15th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

  Consequences of Lake Titicaca drought underreported, conservationists say

  

  The Association of Indigenous Peoples Conservationists (Asociación de Pueblos Originarios Conservacionistas - APOC) insisted this week that an emergency be declared in Lake Titicaca, which they claimed was suffering from “water stress,” meaning that water demand exceeds the amount available.

• Thursday, September 14th 2023 - 12:16 UTC

  Latin America, most dangerous region for environment defenders, Global Witness report

  

  Latin America is the most dangerous region in the world for environmental defenders, according to a new report released by the Global Witness NGO on Wednesday. The environmental crime watchdog said at least 177 landdefenders were killed worldwide last year. One in five of them were murdered in the Amazon rainforest.

• Thursday, September 14th 2023 - 10:09 UTC

  Peru to allocate green debt swap to tropical forest protection in Amazon

  

  The Peruvian administration of President Dina Boluarte pledged to use the proceeds from a US$ 20 million debt swap with the United States for climate action in the Amazon to finance a tropical forest protection fund over the next 13 years, it was reported Wednesday in Lima. It is the third debt-for-nature swap between the two governments.

• Wednesday, September 13th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

  Libyan storm: Death toll reaches 5,300 and 10,000 people are missing

  

  The latest reports from civil war-torn Libya speak of more than 5,300 casualties left by Storm Daniel, in addition to more than 7,000 people treated for injuries and around 10,000 still missing. It is the worst natural disaster to hit this part of the country since the 1963 earthquake in the city of Al Marj.

• Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 08:08 UTC

  Over 2,000 people feared dead as Storm Daniel hits war-torn Libya

  

  According to the latest reports from Libya, over 2,000 people are feared dead at dawn Tuesday after Storm Daniel unleashed torrential rain and extreme flooding across the north-eastern part of the country, while in the city of Derna, between 5,000 and 6,000 people are missing, including seven servicemen, Eastern Libyan Army Spokesperson Ahmed al-Mosmari said.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 22:08 UTC

  Strong earthquake in Morocco kills hundreds; Marrakesh heavily damaged

  

  A powerful earthquake struck Morocco on Friday night killing at least 650 people, the country's Interior Ministry said adding that 153 people injured in the quake were getting treatment at hospitals. 

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 21:48 UTC

  Climate situation “spinning out of control”, UN Guterres

  

  The world is way off course to decrease global warming, the United Nations warned on Friday, urging for more action to phase out fossil fuels and achieve the 2015 Paris climate agreement goals.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 21:44 UTC

  “Global South” objects to EU deforestation focus and 'risk assessment' qualification policies

  

  Argentina was part of the “Global South”, which this week made a presentation before the European Union expressing deep concern about the distorting effects of the new EU ruling, from June 2023, referred to goods that are demanded to be free of deforestation consequences.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  At least 46 people still missing in post-cyclone southeastern Brazil

  

  Brazilian authorities said Friday that at least 46 people were missing after a devastating cyclone hit the southeastern State of Rio Grande do Sul since early Monday, where already 41 casualties have been reported. The federal government also pledged R$ 800 (US$167) for each of the over 3,000 people who have lost their homes to the storm.