Environment

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 20:13 UTC

  PM Sunak now says he will attend COP27

  

  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak finally changed his mind once again and announced Wednesday that he will be attending the COP27 Climate Summit later this week in Egypt.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Lula and Biden share common views during phone call

  

  US President Joseph Biden and Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva held a telephone conversation during which they concurred on several issues, it was reported.

• Monday, October 31st 2022 - 10:25 UTC

  Energy security or clean energy: Germany dismantles wind farm to expand lignite coal mine

  

  With winter around the corner and Europe giving priority to energy security over clean energy in German a wind farm is being dismantled to make way for an expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine.

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Climate variability complicating crop sowing in Brazilian farming states

  

  Climate variability and excessive rainfall have delayed the planting of Brazil’s 2022/2023 soy crop, which reached 34% of the estimated area, against 24% in the previous week and 38% in the same period last year, according to a survey by AgRural released this week.

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:06 UTC

  Carbon emissions forecast to peak in 2025

  

  Global energy emissions have been forecast to be peaking by 2025 as a result of a shift in investments following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which pushed renewable sources to the forefront, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)'s annual World Energy Outlook report released this week.

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Oil company to build solar farms in Argentine province of Mendoza

  

  A leading oil company has pledged U$S 100 million to build two solar farms in the Argentine province of Mendoza, it was reported this week.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Brazil will go back to being environmentally conscientious if Lula wins

  

  Former Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva Thursday said during a press conference in Sao Paulo that “we need an environmentally sustainable, politically democratic and socially developed country.”

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 10:27 UTC

  EU agrees carmakers must achieve 100% cut in CO2 emissions by 2035

  

  The European Parliament and the European Commission agreed that carmakers must achieve a 100% cut in CO2 emissions by 2035. This means no new vans or cars with combustion engines, gasoline or diesel, are to be sold in the European Union from 2035.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Uruguay successfully issues US$ 1,5 billion “green linked bond,” with US$ 3,96 billon demand

  

  On Friday October 20, Uruguay issued its first sustainability-linked bonds (SLB), with a step-down mechanism that is activated if it reaches certain environmental targets. The purpose is to align the country’s sovereign debt policy with its climate goals by issuing a bond that links the coupon to compliance with the climate and environmental goals that the country set in its first Naturally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Colombia, Mexico, Trinidad Tobago, Uruguay teams, winners of IDB Development Initiative

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the four winners of the fifth Superheroes of Development contest, which rewards creative and innovative solutions used in development projects financed by the IDB, IDB Invest and IDB Lab (IDB Group) in Latin America and the Caribbean.