Event: LOSS AND DAMAGE IN LATIN AMERICA
The Loss and Damage caused by climate change have a direct relationship with Climate (In) justice. A side event during the informal SB52 negotiations of the UNFCCC.
Climate Justice in Latin America: Direct Lessons from On-the-ground Activists
This Earth Day, every newspaper was reporting on President Biden’s bold statement that the U.S. would achieve 50% reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. While it’s a relief to finally see climate change being brought to the forefront in public policy, young environmentalists across the Global North need to be reflecting on two very important questions in response to this announcement.
Climate Refugees and Justice
International protection for people crossing borders to safeguard their lives and wellbeing is part of the shared responsibility that the international community has agreed upon in the Paris Agreement and other human rights agreements.
Climate Impacts: Responsibility and Justice
Special Event at the UN Climate Change Dialogues 202. Climate Impacts: Responsibility and Justice is an event organized by AIDA and La Ruta del Clima.
Priorities for Latin American NGOs Following Biden Win
President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the U.S. elections will usher in a new era of climate diplomacy. When he assumes office, Biden has pledged that the U.S. will re-enter the Paris Agreement, issue a slew of bold executive actions on climate and host a summit […]
Biden to Bring Back Climate Diplomacy
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has promised to redefine the role of the United States as a global climate leader if elected on November 3. Standing in stark contrast to President Donald Trump, Biden has committed to rejoining the Paris Agreement and working with other nations to reduce […]
Four Ideas for Climate Activism that Impact the Food System
We commemorate #WorldFoodDay proposing four fundamentals to articulate #ClimateAction around the #FoodSystem in the context of #CostaRica.
A human rights-based approach to loss and damage under the climate change regime
Authors: Toussaint, Patrick Martínez, Adrián Abstract: Climate change has been labelled the human rights challenge of the twenty-first century. Loss and damage resulting from climate change, in particular, poses a severe threat to the human rights of affected communities. However, the international response to climate change under the […]
Argentina Ratifies Escazú Agreement, Chile, El Salvador Reject It
In a promising win for environmental justice and human rights, Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies voted to ratify the Escazú Agreement on September 25. Argentina became the tenth country to ratify the region’s first environmental treaty, one shy of the 11 needed for it to come into force. This […]
Meat and climate action: Nuances about Costa Rican Cattle
Reducing beef consumption for climatic reasons has its nuances for the Costa Rican case, because cattle in Costa Rica is carbon positive and the extent of pasture land is expected to continue to decrease.