Environment

• Monday, May 29th 2023 - 20:20 UTC

  For the first time, global investment in solar power overtakes investment in fossil fuels, IEA report

  

  Global investment in solar power is expected to overtake investment in oil production for the first time ever this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said. The IEA projects investment in solar power to hit US$ 380 billion in 2023, compared to investments in oil exploration and extraction at US$ 370 billion.

• Saturday, May 27th 2023 - 08:48 UTC

  Belém to host UN Climate Summit 2025 (COP30)

  

  The Brazilian city of Belém, the capital of the state of Pará, will host UN Climate Summit 2025 (COP30), President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Friday in a video published on social networks. “It will be an honor for Brazil to receive representatives from all over the world in a state of our Amazon,” said Lula.

• Saturday, May 27th 2023 - 08:00 UTC

  UK and Brazil sign launching of the Partnership for Green and Inclusive Growth

  

  Brazil and UK signed this week a Joint Declaration launching the Partnership on Green and Inclusive Growth on the occasion of the official visit to Brazil of the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr James Cleverly.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 08:57 UTC

  Protestors storm shareholders meeting in London yelling “shut down Shell”

  

  Protestors yelling “shut down Shell” stormed the oil corporation giant annual shareholders meeting in London with security having to step in to protect board members. Proceedings were delayed as the protesters ran to the front of the room where executives were sitting on stage, and some demonstrators had to be carried out of the building by security.

• Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 11:21 UTC

  Depletion of the Colorado River forces California, Arizona and Nevada to a conservation agreement

  

  Three western US states have agreed to draw less water from the drought-depleted Colorado River in exchange for US$1.2bn in federal funding. Arizona, California and Nevada said the deal would conserve at least 3 million acre-feet of water to the end of 2026.

• Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 10:47 UTC

  Uruguay to import bottled water: desalinization plant does not fit in aircraft

  

  Uruguay's Economy Ministry Monday greenlighted the tax-free import of bottled water as one of the measures against the drought affecting Montevideo and the metropolitan area, it was reported. Meanwhile, Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado confirmed that the desalination plant to be brought from Houston does not fit “by 15 centimeters” in the C-130 Hercules aircraft sent to pick it up and it will therefore take “a few weeks” to reach South America by ship.

• Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 08:56 UTC

  Snowfalls leave thousands of Chilean weekend shoppers stranded in Mendoza

  

  Thousands of Chilean travelers were stranded Sunday in the Argentine province of Mendoza as the Cristo Redentor Path was closed at 3 pm due to bad weather (snow), it was reported. The decision was made jointly by both countries, reported Los Andes. Shortly before, traffic from Uspallata onwards had also been cut off. It is an average one-hour drive from there to Cristo Redentor

• Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 11:31 UTC

  Drug lord Pablo Escobar legacy to Colombia, the invasive ecosystem engineers, African hippos

  

  The legacy of Colombian drugs lord Pablo Escobar has not only been the ongoing gangs war and the overall violence in the country, but also consequences of some of his hobbies, for example growing exotic fauna, such as hippos.

• Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

  Moscow declares Greenpeace an “undesirable organization,” forcing it to close its Russian branch

  

  Russia on Friday declared the environmental group Greenpeace an “undesirable organization.” The designation criminalizes the work of organizations that bear the brand and puts employees at risk of criminal prosecution.

• Friday, May 19th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

  Uruguayan grocers running out of bottled water as demand soars

  

  As Uruguay's water crisis continues to escalate, sales of bottled water grew threefold during the last few days as suppliers ran out of stock, it was reported in Montevideo.