Participation is a Right

Proteger el derecho a participar en los procesos de gobernanza climática es fundamental para obtener
resultados a nivel nacional, regional e internacional que reflejen los intereses de los defensores ambientales, las
Organizaciones de Sociedad Civil (OSC) y las comunidades en primera línea3

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 encouraging news came the same week as […]

Climate Governance in Chile: A Closer Look at COP25's Host

This year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) will take place in Santiago, Chile from December 2 to 13, with Pre-COP activities in San Jose, Costa Rica.  Chile offered to host this year’s activities following the withdrawal of Brazil under then President-elect Jair Bolsonaro. With the COP returning to Latin America for the first time since […]