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On the role of discount rates when evaluating infrastructure projects, and what happens when a project’s benefits – environmental or those positively affecting a region’s natural capital – come about in the long term.
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Climate Change was a central topic in President Obama´s recent State of the Union.
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A doctor tells you that much of your condition or disease is caused by climate change. It sounds weird, right? It seems hard to believe, but there is a connection. 2015 left us as the warmest year on record, globally.
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With nearly US$120 billion invested since 2005 and US$22.1 billion in 2014 alone, China is the biggest foreign investor in the Latin American region. China has developed its own infrastructure in a pace and scope unparalleled in human history.
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The private sector has an important role to play in improving management of natural capital. The scale of financing needed to address climate change and other environmental challenges requires private sector involvement.
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When I think about the climate change scenarios for periods such as 2030-2050 or 2070-2090, they seem so far off that I hardly imagine I'll even be around then. In this sense, "global warming" as a daily reality doesn't feel like it affects me very much at all.
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IDB has a clear policy against supporting projects that may introduce invasive species. While on its face this is a logical, clear-cut policy, it can become complex upon implementation.What exactly are invasive species, and how can the Bank follow both the spirit and letter of this policy?An invasive species is defined as any species that causes problems for the environment, economy or health due to its ability to spread and become dominant.
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0170 Carnival Boy - © Copyright CC BY 2.0 - Mark Morgan Flickr If I were to say to you “Carnival” “Trinidad and Tobago” “Buccoo Reef” in quick succession...you would follow me -- because this makes sense, right?
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How do you feed a mega-city encrusted in the middle of the Amazon forest without resorting to deforestation? The inescapable answer is agriculture. But the challenge doesn’t end there. The capital city of the Amazonas state, Manaus, finds itself isolated from the major agricultural producing centers of Brazil.
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Donald and Gloria are leaders of the Indigenous Community of Kwatamang, located in Region 9 of southeastern Guyana. It is not easy to get to Katwamang: first you have to take a 90 minute flight in a small plane from Georgetown, the country's capital, and then you have a short (and a little bit bumpy) drive on rural roads, running through virgin rainforest.Kwatamang, much like other communities of the Hinterland region, is also one of the poorest regions in Guyana.