Partner David L. Attanasio provided an overview at World Arbitration Update in Bogota, Colombia of the likely climate-related international arbitrations that may emerge from Latin America in the near ...

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 4 2025 (IPS) - 2025 has been marked by a significant escalation of the climate crisis and its effects on vulnerable populations, as the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warn ...

November 12 - The United States, once a driving force behind the Paris Agreement, has once again exited the Paris Agreement and is doubling down on fossil-fuel production. This sharp reversal under ...

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) generates more of its electricity from renewables than almost any other region in the world, but that lead is at risk. Significant reliance on hydropower—which is ...

When Jop Blom arrived in Bogotá in 2019, he found a region brimming with climate-tech talent yet starved of access. Across Latin America, founders were developing bold solutions to decarbonize ...

South America is a continent of extraordinary contrasts. Emerald rainforests sit next to scorching deserts, snow-capped Andean peaks tower above flood-prone lowlands, and some of the world's most ...

SANTIAGO, July 3 (Reuters) - Member states must cooperate to tackle climate change and not take actions that set back environmental protections, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) said ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Tropical forests are rightly regarded as important carbon sinks and crucial in the fight against climate change, but other tropical ecosystems have ...

The region's largest urban centers are warming fast. By mid-century, according to Inter-American Development Bank data, the urban heat island effect could raise temperatures in the biggest cities by ...

Sept. 8 (UPI) --Nearly 6 million children and young people in Latin America will fall into poverty by 2030 because of climate change's impact on their communities, a recent report predicts. However, ...

The Catholic Church across the Global South sounded the alarm on climate change in a first-of-its-kind communiqué, calling for the end of fossil fuels while urging nations to avoid false "green" ...

VATICAN CITY — Catholic bishops from Asia, Africa and Latin America demanded climate justice for the parts of the world most affected by rising temperatures and rejected what they said were the “false ...