Environment

• Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Presidents Duque and Bolsonaro show mutual understanding during Brasilia meeting

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday welcomed his Colombian counterpart Iván Duque in Brasilia to discuss bilateral issues as well as a joint agenda ahead of the COP-26 environmental summit next month in Glasgow.

• Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 18:38 UTC

  UK signs agreement with Bill Gates to further develop environment-friendly technologies

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and world-leading entrepreneur Bill Gates Tuesday announced a Clean Energy Partnership worth about 400 million pounds sterling (more than US $ 550 million), according to a 10 Downing St. statement.

• Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Humpback whales recovering on their feeding grounds in the South Atlantic

  

  Humpback whale populations are strongly recovering on their feeding grounds in the South Atlantic, with over 24,543 whales now estimated to use polar waters in the Scotia Arc each summer.

• Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Widespread collapse of West Antarctica’s ice sheet is avoidable if we keep global warming below 2℃

  

  By Dan Lowry, Mario Krapp, Te Herenga Waka (*) – Rising seas are already making storm damage more costly, adding to the impact on about 700 million people who live in low-lying coastal areas at risk of flooding. Scientists expect sea-level rise will exacerbate the damage from storm surges and coastal floods during the coming decades. But predicting just how much and how fast the seas will rise this century is difficult, mainly because of uncertainties about how Antarctica’s ice sheet will behave.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Paraguay has 180 days to repair environmental damages, says UN

  

  The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled in Geneva that indigenous people are affected by Paraguayan companies spreading pesticides in areas neighbouring homes, schools, roads and rivers thus affecting the water supply to indigenous peoples, causing “diarrhoea, vomiting, respiratory problems and headaches,” were entitled to reparations.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Uruguay saves money with environment-friendly electricity

  

  Uruguay has become the second country in the world when it comes down to wind-generated electricity, thanks to 43 eolic parks which produce a third (33%) of the electricity consumed nationwide, which has represented savings above US $ 125 million in 2020 alone.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Charges filed against Brazil's President before ICC: “The Planet vs. Bolsonaro”

  

  Charges against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro have been filed before the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) for deforestation of the Amazon, it was announced Tuesday.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  Chilean scientists studying the impact of invasive species in Tierra del Fuego

  

  Chilean scientists with teams of students are analyzing the impact of invasive or introduced species in Tierra del Fuego on autochthonous fauna, such as the case of some King Penguin rookeries that have become the target of foxes targeting their chicks.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 07:45 UTC

  Chilean town battles in court to prevent a salmon's industry effluent plant in the commune

  

  The Punta Arenas Appeals Court accepted a protective order presented by bio-engineer Elisa Giustinianovich Campos requesting measures in support of the residents of the San Gregorio commune, given the possible construction of two plants to process the effluents generated by the salmon industry in the region.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2021 - 15:25 UTC

  WHO/COP26 Special report on Climate Change and Health for Glasgow climate summit

  

  Countries must set ambitious national climate commitments if they are to sustain a healthy and green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.