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We all deserve to live in safe, healthy communities. The past several months have glaringly highlighted the unacceptable inequities in our society and the extent to which our inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are not shared by all of us. The murder of unarmed black men and women like George […]

Inclusión de la infraestructura natural en planes integrales para la reconstrucción de regiones deja atrás la visión de que sólo la infraestructura gris o física es efectiva para mitigar riesgos de desastres. En el marco del Día Nacional de la Prevención de los Desastres en el Perú, es importante recordar la importancia de la infraestructura natural en […]

The coronavirus pandemic has created a global health and economic crisis that has affected families all over the world and nearly all industries, with aviation taking a particularly steep toll. Airlines may feel under pressure to save money at any cost, but hastily rewriting the fundamental structure of the industry’s flagship market-based program to address airline […]

The direct relationship between ecosystem health and our own has perhaps never been this salient. An exploitation-based relationship with nature contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and increases our vulnerability to other novel diseases. We need to demonstrate new models for a new relationship with nature, where society invests in environmental health while at the same […]

Cattle production is the largest driver of tropical forest loss worldwide, with devastating impacts for climate, biodiversity and people.

Without forests as a buffer, activities like hunting, mining, and logging expose people to animals. These interactions lead to the spread of animal diseases to humans, known as “zoonotic diseases.” And viruses aren’t the only health impacts from forest loss.

March 25, 2020 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cattle ranching for beef, dairy, and leather is the largest driver of tropical forest loss worldwide, with well-documented and devastating impacts for the climate and biodiversity. Paraguay in particular has one of the highest rates of forest loss in the world, largely due to rapid expansion of cattle […]

Pese a la necesidad de este importante elemento, 3.4 millones (10,2% de la población) carecen de acceso a servicios de agua, y 8 millones de peruanos (25,5%) no cuentan con acceso a servicios de alcantarillado.

The global aviation regulator’s decision to toughen a new carbon market for airlines will cut supply of emission credits to offset greenhouse gases as the coronavirus slams ticket sales.

The coronavirus outbreak has sent the aviation industry reeling from one of its biggest economic shocks in recent years. But the virus is also putting the finger on one of the industry’s most difficult challenges: curbing the sector’s increasing greenhouse gas emissions from a baseline of 2019 and 2020.