
Tell me where you live and I’ll tell you your health risks
A new IADB documentary calls attention to how the cities and neighborhoods where we live affect our life expectancy
A new IADB documentary calls attention to how the cities and neighborhoods where we live affect our life expectancy
While fewer trees are being chopped down in Brazil and Colombia, the rest of the region continues to spiral. The environmental summit will be a key event for the leaders of Peru and Venezuela, who will face each other on the international stage for the first time
El Pacífico — in Comuna 8, one of the city’s 16 districts — is working on a risk management plan to mitigate the effects of climate change. This neighborhood movement is trying to understand how global warming affects residents and how they can adapt to it
One of the most renowned scientists in the region, he insists that this jungle is close to a point of no return. However, he highlights the potential for its conservation
The United Nations Population Fund published a report that reveals how these women, rendered invisible in health systems, are more likely to die as a result of pregnancy and childbirth
Researchers from Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil and the United States have studied the specimens that live up to 200 feet deep in the iconic basin. Photos of 109 species have been compiled in a book
In a new study, more than 70 researchers quantified the value of conserving the Brazilian jungle and meeting environmental criteria by 2050
The Colombian is one of the authors of a recent study published in ‘Nature’ that warns that we have exceeded seven of the eight variables that they evaluated for maintaining a healthy and just planet
In 16 Central and South American countries analyzed in a report by the Rights and Resources Initiative, the area allocated to Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities increased by 52 million acres in five years
For the first time, a report quantifies how smoke from Amazon rainforest fires affects vulnerable groups, as they are more likely to be exposed to polluting particles
A new bill is proposing that the government recognize ‘the existence of forced internal displacement due to causes associated with climate change and environmental degradation’
‘The Lancet’ has for the first time published a report on the relationship between health and climate change in the region
According to a Global Energy Monitor report, the region may have more than 319 gigawatts of large-scale solar and wind power within the next decade