Sostenibilidad

El escepticismo sobre el cambio climático continúa y en algunas esferas se ha tornado poco a poco en una noticia, para algunos, sin mucha noticia. Lamentablemente, un sentimiento que crece día a día es el del escepticismo ante la posibilidad de contar con un resultado en la COP21, lo que me parece mucho más grave. Tras la decepción vivida durante la COP15 en Copenhague, los gobiernos decidieron salvar el multilateralismo (actividad conjunta de varios países sobre una cuestión determinada) a falta de poder encontrar una solución para el planeta.

It seems everywhere I look in Haiti lately we are finding a species of bird, or fish, or mammal, or diverse community of species we didn’t know was there.

To create a shoreline that reduces erosion while providing habitat for everything from shorebirds to horseshoe crabs, sometimes nature could use a helping hand. Enter engineers and conservationists.During a raging spring downpour, scientists from the Conservancy, ecologists and engineers from CH2M, and wildlife refuge managers from the U.S.

Sustainable infrastructure? Isn’t that an oxymoron? Maybe once it was, but in the future, if done right, it could be a huge opportunity. The stakes couldn’t be higher to build the right kind of infrastructure. We are in the midst of an unprecedented infrastructure boom that is forever changing the face of our planet, with human needs and economic growth stressing natural and social environments.

The Norte Grande Electricity Transmission Program in Argentina, financed by the IDB, included an extra high tension transmission line to strengthen the national power grid and facilitate competition in the wholesale generation market.

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have made great progress in terms of food security since they set out to meet the first of the Millennium Development Goals, expiring this year.

This past February Argentina suffered one of its worst catastrophes of the last 50 years, resulting in more than 4,000 affected households, around a dozen fatalities, close to 5,000 evacuees and a financial loss close to 200 million U.S. dollars. These numbers are merely an estimate of the damage caused by the storm, which shook the province of Cordoba earlier this year. This terrible disaster left us with a bad aftertaste, also reminding us how vulnerable humankind is to nature.

On my way to the Caracol Industrial Park in the North of Haiti, I was observing the precarious way in which goods and people are often transported. Luggage, goods for market, livestock, and people often squeeze onto any available space on colorful tap-taps or speeding moto-taxis.Having worked in Haiti for the IDB for over 5 years, watching traffic go by reminded me of how challenging it has been to raise awareness and prioritize Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) management.

El día 13 de Octubre puede ser un día más en el año para mucha gente, pero para otra, que sabe a qué día estamos haciendo referencia, tiene un tinte muy especial. El 13 de Octubre es el Día Internacional para la Reducción de los Desastres Naturales. Cada año se trabaja sobre un tema distinto, para el 2015 se presenta , día que tiene como propósito “aumentar el grado de sensibilización sobre el uso del conocimiento y las prácticas tradicionales, indígenas y locales” (Fuente: Naciones Unidas).