The safeguard policies of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) seek to guide the Bank’s staff and clients in their analysis of the potentially adverse environmental and social impacts of IDB-financed projects. One key tool in this process is the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). EIAs are carried out whenever a project has the potential to produce negative environmental or social impacts.
A primera vista, nos puede parecer extraño ver un estudio sobre murciélagos en el marco de un proyecto de adaptación al cambio climático. ¿Qué tienen que ver los murciélagos con la adaptación? Sabemos que en un ecosistema existe un conjunto de especies en un área determinada que interactúan entre sí, pero nos puede parecer muy remota la conexión con el cambio climático.
The Latin American region has experienced numerous changes in 2016: new governments have been elected, new priorities have been identified, and many legislative changes have taken place. And yet, in spite of the institutional changes, the same environmental and social challenges remain in place throughout the region. Take legislation, for example—although it is overall adequate, there are significant differences in terms of implementation.
Yes I admit, this is a bombastic title to catch your attention and I am not an historian so my answer will not be authoritative. But there are indicators.For over a decade there has been a growing trend in the financial sector to actively address and manage sustainability of investments, not only on the financial side, but also the social and the environmental dimensions of sustainability. Some milestones along this way:
En una región altamente vulnerable a los impactos del cambio climático como los es América Latina y el Caribe es indispensable hablar del término “blindaje” en infraestructura.
Just over a month ago, the Paris climate agreement came into effect securing its place in the record books as one of the fastest multilateral agreements ever to enter into force – less than a year after its adoption. At the recent UN climate change negotiations in Marrakesh, Morocco, countries reaffirmed their commitment to the Agreement.One of the most important challenges that Central America (and the LAC region in general) faces this decade is being able to close the infrastructure gap with investments that are sustainable and climate resilient, while encouraging economic growth in the region. In an era of climate change, where too much or too little water is likely to be a leading issue, a sector that is particularly interesting to look at is hydropower.