Circular Economy Approaches to Wastewater Treatment
The term “circular economy” has gained increasing attention as a tool that can present solutions to some of the world’s most urgent challenges.
Latin America sidesteps energy transition
Many countries in the region continue to grant huge benefits to the oil industry.
Fires and Pyrocene as a masterpiece of modern reason
They are caused, above all, by the deliberate burning of grasslands and extreme drought, exacerbated by climate change.
Environmental Policy and Sovereignty in Brazil
As interest in the ecological crisis grows, so does concern about the alienation of national sovereignty in areas such as the Amazon.
How about taxing oil company profits to finance energy transition?
The energy transition requires financing and there are different instruments that could be used to self-finance it. One of them is windfall profits taxes.
Let’s extinguish fires to stop climate change
Every year, fires destroy more than 8,000 km² of forest, reducing the Amazon’s carbon stock, one of its greatest capacities to mitigate climate change.
The Left and The Environment in Latin America
A characteristic of the Latin American left that separates it from its European and North American counterparts is its clear commitment to the exploitation of natural resources as a lever for development.
Is there a choice between energy and environment?
Co-author Ana Paula Dalcin
The Paraná River Basin, the second largest in Brazil, has 40% of the country’s electricity production capacity. But the operation of the reservoirs also affects the river’s aquatic ecosystem.
Let’s leave oil in the ground, let’s transform institutions instead
The arrival of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez to government in Colombia has come as a shock to many, including leftist governments, that think of development based on extractivism.
Guatemalan garbage affects Honduran coastline
Masks, containers and all types of waste that have been washed down the Motagua River along the Guatemalan territory arrive in coastal and tourist areas of Honduras, especially during the rainy season.