In Part I of this blog (The Allure of Cash Compensation in Resettlement Processes), last week I told the story of Fernando, a man forced to leave his home as a result of a new hydropower project, who received a large sum of cash as compensation but ultimately ended up in financial ruin. Accordingly, I would like to return to the question: if resettlement cannot be avoided, is cash compensation an appropriate mitigation measure?
Sostenibilidad
¿Cuántas veces hemos pensando mientras íbamos manejando que queríamos encontrar estacionamiento gratuito? Probablemente muchas, y ¿cuántas veces hemos asociado el precio del estacionamiento con el cambio climático? Probablemente nunca. El hecho de haber lugares que ofrezcan estacionamiento gratuito a sus clientes, refleja una visión del urbanismo que busca facilitar el uso del automóvil en las ciudades, incluyendo por medio de la oferta de estacionamiento. Este es el caso en Veracruz, México.
The excitement raised by the launch of the Panama Canal’s expansion and the astonishment of some 40 thousand individuals that were moved as they watched a gigantic Cosco Shipping Panama sail by are still palpable. However, as the celebrations die down, we must focus on the challenges Panama faces in the wake of this new era. Without question, one of its main challenges is water resource management.
Fernando was excited about a large amount of money he had just received. The money came from a public energy agency as compensation for the loss of his house and the source of his livelihood. He used to live and work by a nearby river, panning for gold on the riverbanks, until he was informed that he needed to vacate the area.
Los Millennials –los nacidos entre los años 1980 y 2000– no conciben un mundo despojado de los últimos adelantos tecnológicos, e inventan, reinventan, innovan y afrontan nuevos desafíos constantemente. Son idealistas, optimistas, competitivos, pragmáticos y “prosumidores” (a la vez que consumen, producen).
What’s the Key to Successful Sustainable Development Planning? We need local people to be involved in solving the world’s most pressing issues
Development banks are positioned to strongly influence how well our future societies thrive.Water is a shared resource; the quality and quantity of water available to each stakeholder depends on how others use it. Water is essential for life and much more - rivers, lakes, floodplains and coastal areas provide flood protection, energy, navigation routes, recreational sites, building materials and food.A shared and essential resource should be used carefully, but because it is free and seemingly infinite, there is little incentive for this. The increasing demand for both ground and surface water, fueled by population & economic growth, is leading to overexploitation.
El 14 de Junio de 2016, el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) lanzó el Informe Regional sobre Desarrollo Humano para América Latina y el Caribe 2016, titulado “Progreso multidimensional: bienestar más allá del ingreso”.
Cuántas veces hemos escuchado decir que “el clima está loco” o “antes no hacía tanto calor en verano” o “no llovía como llueve ahora”. Lo cierto es que el clima es dinámico y está influenciado por factores como la temperatura ambiental y las lluvias, pero también por la interacción de otros elementos del sistema climático como la atmósfera, los océanos, el hielo marino, el suelo e incluso los seres vivos que habitan la Tierra. El clima es el promedio de las condiciones de la atmósfera en un periodo dado de tiempo (por ejemplo 20 o 30 años) para un lugar o región determinados.