Sean Paul, arrival at COP21 - © Copyright CC BY 2.0 - UN Climate Change “One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain. So hit me with music, hit me with music…”” goes the song by Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley. So if with music we feel no pain, is it also possible that we could fight climate change with music?When we think of a hospital, we think of a place where our pains and illnesses can be soothed and treated, and where many lives can be saved. However, we do not think of hospitals as potential generators of negative environmental impacts that could affect the health of our community. A hospital that does not have, at minimum, adequate management of its solid waste, wastewater, and air emissions can become a potential polluting agent that can have serious negative impacts on people and the environment.
By Serge Troch (Vous pouvez lire cet article en français ci-dessous) We have been working in the North of Haiti for several years now, and our experience has helped us understand that supporting government agencies is critical for long term environmental and social sustainability. This can be achieved through a combination of both training and the creation and design of appropriate management tools.
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.
Climate Change was a central topic in President Obama´s recent State of the Union.
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.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.
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.
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.
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.