Sostenibilidad

Sustainable natural resource use lies at the heart of economic and social development and is a critical factor in poverty reduction. However, long term data sets for understanding natural resource availability and monitoring change do not exist, particularly in countries with the most need for this information. In addition, monitoring networks are often sparse and poorly maintained due to the high cost of data collection. To fill this information gap, satellite platforms can help countries more effectively measure and monitor their natural resources.

Durante años, hemos acordado que el papel fundamental de la infraestructura en el aumento de la productividad se hace evidente cuando se miden las consecuencias de las prestaciones de servicios de baja calidad. Por ejemplo: el total de pérdidas de electricidad en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) alcanzaron los US $ 17 mil millones en 2014, lo que lleva a que la región tenga que hacer frente a una enorme carga financiera sobre los servicios públicos con un costo de oportunidad significativo para la sociedad.

Thousands of government officials, ministers, investors, and civil society leaders are descending on Washington D.C. this week for the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. There is one date that should be central to the discussions: 2020. If the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius is to be met and the UN Sustainable Development Goals are to be obtained, greenhouse gas emissions must peak by that year, and then drop steadily.

Earth Day is celebrated annually to demonstrate support to environmental protection. Last year on Earth Day, several countries pledged to ratify the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which entered into force on November 4, 2016.

What if you had to restore a key archaeological site from Pre-Hispanic times but could only use Pre-Incan and Incan construction techniques? How do you find the right people for the job? Well it turns out that together with our counterparts in Salta, Argentina, we found just the right approach to this challenge, and it’s an approach that helps create new employment opportunities and skills while enabling communities to participate in their cultural patrimony. Here is the story. But first, some context.

Precision agriculture: a likely answer to Climate Change and Food Security. Is it accessible for everyone?

Dos años pasaron desde que se lanzó la agenda 2030 en pos de un desarrollo sostenible. Los próximos 15 años serán claves para implementar la estrategia con el motivo principal de erradicar la pobreza. Cada estado que la adopta tendrá que tomar las medidas necesarias para promover la prosperidad en materia económica, de salud, de protección social y de empleos.

The Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) is the only international, interdisciplinary conference dedicated to the art and science of impact assessment. The IAIA17 Conference, hosted this year in Montréal, Canada, gives us an opportunity to share information, best practices, success stories, innovations, and lessons learned with delegates from all over the world.