(Photo credit https://bestpicko.com/) The combination of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with the drone industry has created new opportunities that, due to cost and technical limitations, would have never been possible in the past. Drones have put aerial views at the disposal of experts in a variety of areas, dramatically enhancing their perspective.
Driven by declining global investment yields – to which Latin America has been no exception – institutional investors have been and will likely continue to increase their allocation to real assets - especially infrastructure. At the same time, investors are also increasingly looking for sustainable assets.
I have been talking about the IEEM Platform for quite a while now. However, there have been significant developments from the previous post. The IEEM Platform is transforming the use of natural capital accounts within countries and international institutions across the globe.
Climate change is a key driver of agricultural productivity and growth, and its importance will increase in the coming years and decades. In Latin America and the Caribbean, climate variability, higher temperatures and alterations in precipitation will directly affect harvest yields and rural communities’ living conditions. By 2020, yield losses of 21% to 34% have been estimated for maize production in Honduras, Guatemala and Panama, and of more than 50% in oilseed crops in Brazil, Colombia, Central America, and the Caribbean.
When managing occupational risks inherent to each and every work-related activity in your company, avoidance is the foremost preventive action desired. Management indicators are essential elements in your company’s Occupational Risk Prevention (ORP) actions – they help identify the level of risk-management efficiency and take preventive steps so that these risks do not result in accidents or occupational diseases, while swiftly detecting the effiency of the risk-management system. ORP indicators should be clearly defined to reflect the effectiveness of your company’s preventive measures.
The IEEM Platform project collaborates with governments and other institutions to demonstrate its advantages for public policy and investment analysis. Today, I am going to tell you about our experience with The Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) and how IEEM was the right tool for the BCCR for two main reasons. As the Central Bank’s principal objective is to manage inflation, much of its decision-making is based on expectations of the future.
Irrigation plays a vital role in the productivity of the agricultural sector and food security stability. Access to irrigation increases agricultural production and productivity, allowing farmers to expand the number of planting and harvesting cycles on the same plot, within the same agricultural year. This increase in agricultural production translates into greater food availability at the local and/or national level.
Every year on April 22 we celebrate Earth Day in support of environmental protection. Millions of people will gather in various events all over the world to advocate for protecting our world’s natural resources. One way in which we at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) help champion this global effort is by ensuring that our projects meet our environmental and social safeguards. Our safeguards help increase project sustainability while reducing negative impacts to people and the natural resources they depend on.
In Latin America, like the rest of the world, both nature assets and infrastructure are vulnerable to natural hazards and climate change effects. Therefore, all economic sectors face risks. Additionally, the different organizations in charge of promoting sustainable development are frequently constrained in their ability to get more political and financial support to ensure social sustainability. In this context, both research and experience have shown that safeguards can help effectively anticipate and mitigate social and environmental risks.
Fossil fuels continue to be the main resource for energy production both in Latin America and in the world. Unfortunately, their use carries great consequences for climate change and the environment. The good news is that tackling climate change is finally being conceived as an opportunity. Latin America is the region that generates the highest proportion of renewable energy in the world.