If you were a kid or teenager in the late 1970s and 1980s you probably danced to a music video on MTV and attempted an elaborate hairstyle inspired by all the trendy music movements: from the curly and bouffant ‘dos of pop stars like Madonna and Michael Jackson to elaborate, glam rock styles worn by Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx and Slash from Gun’s n Roses. It goes without saying that in most households, the culprit of these elaborate hairstyles was a single, commonly found product: hairspray.
The process of public consultations with project stakeholders is one of the key elements to ensure project sustainability. Consultations can be a decisive factor in the success of the project that seeks to promote local development. In order to be effective, it is necessary for this process to be meaningful, but what does that mean? How do we guarantee its effectiveness? We can highlight five elements that make participation meaningful:
A lo largo de los años los bosques han sido destacados por el papel fundamental que cumplen dentro del ecosistema mundial. En la actualidad, ante los efectos del cambio climático percibidos con mayor intensidad por la población, los bosques representan una solución basada en la naturaleza porque permiten almacenar carbono en los tejidos vegetales y en el suelo, así como capturar el carbono atmosférico en los árboles en crecimiento.
“Climate change and drug trafficking are the two main threats to global stability and security”
Danilo Medina, President of the Dominican Republic
Have you ever wondered what relationship exists between climate change and cash transfer programs? Did you know that through these programs you can fight climate change?
If you consider the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) as the skeleton of a project, the Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) can certainly be considered as the backbone. The AoA examines the feasible alternatives of a proposed project from different points of view: technical, financial, regulatory, jurisdictional, environmental and social.
Across the world, young people are protesting against what they describe as the inaction of leaders on climate change. Younger generations condemn decision makers for what they perceive as a ¨business as usual mentality¨ and failure to meaningfully consider sustainability issues and intergenerational justice. This is a wake-up call, we must listen to. And this is especially the case when considering infrastructure, because much of the infrastructure built today, such as roads and buildings, will be there for multiple decades thus having a long-lasting impact on society and the environment.
In this blog, we celebrate the value of IDB safeguards through the lens of our specialists across the region. Here is a brief glimpse of the work they do in environmental and social safeguards.
Climate change poses significant risks to development in Latin America and the Caribbean.