At the IDB we set ourselves the complex task of not only achieving a common agreement on what sustainable infrastructure entails, but making it a top development priority in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IDB’s Sustainable Infrastructure Strategy states that our efforts must be focused on providing inclusive public services through infrastructure that is socially, fiscally and environmentally sustainable.
“No man is an island entire of itself…” We’ve all heard this poem before.
This year’s Earth Day tagline grabbed my attention: “Let’s get really big stuff done for our planet.” It got me thinking how much the movement has grown over the last decade and how every person and every institution, however small, can play its role in something so big as saving the world!
Hoy voy a fundar mi propio país, llamado Narnialac, para explicarles cuál es la reflexión que existe detrás de la elaboración de los INDCs (Contribuciones previstas y determinadas a nivel nacional). Una reflexión que hace hincapié sobre el tipo de crecimiento que los países en desarrollo están construyendo con el objetivo de reducir la pobreza y generar dividendos sociales, económicos y ambientales. El paradigma del crecimiento se encuentra en cada una de las decisiones de inversión que toma un país.
“No man is an island entire of itself...” We’ve all heard this poem before.
When I joined the Bank more than 10 years ago, we had an aging Environmental Policy from 1979 (albeit a leader in its day), and terms like safeguards, sustainability, climate change, natural capital, and sustainable infrastructure were simply not part of the lexicon. But before you are too hard on us, put the world and life of 2005 into perspective: You didn’t have an iPhone, YouTube wasn’t a household name, Twitter didn’t exist, and Donald Trump was a reality show host. The Kyoto Protocol was only just coming into effect, George W.
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A small company’s day-to-day work can be overwhelming, due to worries about productivity, payroll, clients’ needs, purchase of supplies, and licenses. It’s no surprise that doing something for the environment is not necessarily the first priority for these companies’ managers, even though many wish to do so. They assume that environmental services are not a benefit, but instead an additional cost that cannot be dealt with.
In spite of advancement in women’s participation in many sectors, globally “the share of women in construction industry has remained shockingly low for decades -– under 3 percent”. Women are considered to be disruptive to an “all-male” workforce and have to confront cultural stereotypes, sexual harassment, and life –balance challenges.
¿Who would have thought that INDC, NAP, BUR, REDD+, PPCR, FIP, GCF are the perfect ingredients to make a soup? Some of you may not know what all these acronyms mean. Don’t, despair; we’ll get to that shortly. Snail soups well known to Hondurans and most other residents of Central America not only because there’s a reference to it in a catchy, rhythmic “tip” song, but also because it is a typical tasty dish.