ENVIRONMENT Scientists reveal impact of climate change on Antarctic phytoplankton 18-02-2021 23:52 Argentine scientists reveal that rising temperatures and diminished salinity have altered phytoplankton in the Antarctic.
GUEST VOICE Cities, central to Biden’s agenda 30-01-2021 09:15 The agreements, alliances and networks woven by cities in recent years provide Biden with a platform to revitalise US global relationships. by Fernando Straface
CLIMATE CHANGE Teenagers are the most convinced there’s a climate emergency 29-01-2021 12:17 Teenagers in some of the world’s top polluting nations are the strongest believers that global warming is an emergency, according to the largest-ever climate opinion poll.
BIDEN INAUGURATION Biden says Trump wrote him 'very generous letter' 23-01-2021 09:37 US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Donald Trump had left him a "very generous" letter in the Oval Office, in keeping with tradition.
US-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS Biden to adopt ‘dramatically different’ approach to Latin America 23-01-2021 08:57 With President Joe Biden now in the White House, three respected experts offer their opinions on what lies ahead for US-Latin American relations over the next four years. by Jennifer Heiman
CLIMATE CHANGE Dozens of nations miss deadline to boost climate ambition 05-01-2021 11:09 More than half the world's nations failed to submit upgraded commitments by year's end to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, straggling behind the schedule of accelerated climate ambitions set out in the Paris Agreement.
INTERVIEW Anne-Marie Slaughter: ‘Climate is clearly Biden’s top priority. 26-12-2020 09:55 Former director of policy planning in the US State Department Anne-Marie Slaughter discusses the likely foreign policy approach of the incoming Biden administration. by Leandro Dario
CLIMATE CHANGE Fernández: Argentina will cut greenhouse gas emissions 26% by 2030 23-12-2020 00:56 Alberto Fernández reaffirms Argentina’s commitment to the Paris Agreement, extending country's target for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Palaeontology Climate change devastated dinosaurs not once, but twice 02-12-2020 18:27 Most people know that land-dwelling dinosaurs were wiped out some 66 million years ago when an asteroid crashed into Earth. What most people don't know is that more than 100 million years earlier, another climate change cataclysm devastated a different set of dinosaur species, with many going extinct.
US ELECTION 2020 US vote to shape how world warms as climate pact exit looms 02-11-2020 17:10 The two US presidential candidates have stark differences on fighting human-caused climate change. Experts say the outcome of Tuesday's election will determine to some degree just how hot and nasty the world will get in the future.
ENVIRONMENT Study: Antarctic Peninsula at warmest in decades 03-10-2020 16:51 This year is the hottest in the Antarctic Peninsula in the past three decades, a study by the University of Santiago de Chile out Friday found.
BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO Bolsonaro faces growing pressure to green Brazil economy 22-09-2020 08:38 As environmental problems bruise Brazil's international image, bankers, business executives and even agribusiness firms are calling for a greener economy, adding to pressure on outspoken president.
ENVIRONMENT World isn't meeting any biodiversity goals, UN report finds 15-09-2020 15:29 Countries are set to miss all of the targets they set themselves a decade ago to preserve nature and save Earth's vital biodiversity, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Global warming UN report: Increased warming closing in on agreed upon limit 09-09-2020 08:37 A hotter world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations report released on Wednesday.
Bloomberg Ex-Costa Rica president Laura Chinchilla pitches IDB top job candidacy 03-09-2020 11:56 Laura Chinchilla, former president of Costa Rica, is considered a long-shot in the race to head the Inter-American Development Bank, but is positioning herself as a moderate alternative to US President Donald Trump's nomination, Mauricio Claver-Carone.
ENVIRONMENT G20 carbon 'food-print' highest in meat-loving nations, says report 15-07-2020 23:28 Argentina tops the list of G20 nations with a diet exceeding climate thresholds nearly five-fold, followed by Canada, Brazil, the United States, Russia and Australia, says new report comparing carbon emissions from food consumption.
CLIMATE CHANGE UN: World could hit 1.5-degree warming threshold by 2024 12-07-2020 16:32 The world could see average global temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) above the pre-industrial average for the first time in the coming five years, U.N. weather agency warns.
Environment 'Green favela' fights to live sustainably in Brazil 10-03-2020 21:40 On the outskirts of São Paulo, a concrete jungle of 12 million people, the impoverished community of Vila Nova Esperanca is fighting to be a model of sustainable living.
Climate Crisis City of Buenos Aires recognised by NGO for leadership on climate climate 27-02-2020 12:18 Carbon Disclosure Project non-profit says Buenos Aires is one of four Latin American cities that are leading the way in efforts to tackle climate change.
Environment Solar schooling: City school begins generating electricity for its neighbours 26-02-2020 15:53 Primary school in Villa Devoto installs 200 solar panels on its roof – enough to supply power to its buildings and to the wider neighbourhood. by Claudio Corsalini
Bloomberg Green Bonds are selling like ‘ice cream’ – Latin America wants in 24-02-2020 15:39 At least five Latin American governments and several companies are considering debt sales to fund environmentally friendly projects in what is expected to be the region’s most active year for issuance of so-called green bonds since 2017.
Climate Change Antarctica likely breaks heat record at over 18 degrees Celsius 14-02-2020 12:01 The reading was taken last Thursday at an Argentine research base, but still needs to be verified by the World Meteorological Organization.
ENVIRONMENT Greta Thunberg puts Africa's climate activists in media spotlight 31-01-2020 14:14 The young Swedish activist is calling for media visibility for Africa's environmental struggle, while a controversy erupted in Davos after Ugandan Vanessa Nakate was excluded from a photo of climate activists taken by a news agency.
BLOOMBERG - OPINION Latin America’s trash brims with hidden cash 24-01-2020 13:42 "Where there’s waste, there’s also opportunity. Latin Americans, belatedly, seem to be catching on," writes Marc Margolis. by Mac Margolis
ENVIRONMENT Climate crisis spawns tsunami of greenwashing 22-01-2020 16:52 From big tech to big oil, global corporations are churning out climate action plans to reduce carbon footprints – but many of their ambitious pledges are more greenwashing than green, experts caution.
world Australia to pay 'whatever it takes' to fight wildfires 07-01-2020 12:38 Firefighters raced to contain massive bushfires in southeastern Australia Tuesday, taking advantage of a brief drop in temperatures and some much-needed rainfall before another heatwave strikes later this week.
AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRES Australian bushfire cloud visible in Chile and Argentina 06-01-2020 19:33 The cloud of smoke caused by raging bushfires in Australia has been spotted more than 12,000 kilometres (7,400 miles) away in Chile and Argentina, weather authorities said on Monday.
A YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 – the year the world woke up to the climate emergency? 28-12-2019 09:44 Schoolchildren skipping class to strike, protests bringing city centres to a standstill – armed with dire warnings from scientists, people around the world dragged the climate emergency into the mainstream in 2019.
Jorge Difonso interview 'With this decision, Mendoza has regressed 12 years,' says co-author of Law 7722 24-12-2019 09:51 Lawyer and Cambia Mendoza provincial deputy Jorge Difonso on why protesters in Mendoza are taking to the streets in rejection of alterations made to legislation which restricted the use of dangerous chemicals in mining operations. by Isabelle Margulies
Travel & tourism Antarctica tourism: the quest for Earth's vulnerable extremes 13-12-2019 07:03 New luxurious adventure excursions give their guests an opportunity to get up close and personal with quickly-eroding natural beauty, but is the very presence of humans there contributing to the destruction of this frozen wondrous landscape?
COP 25 climate summit Macri: 'Electricity production will be be greenhouse gas free by 2040' 03-12-2019 14:21 President kicks off his last foreign trip as head of state in Madrid at the UN Climate Change Conference, where he meets with world leaders and talks renewable energy.
Transition 2019 Macri schedules trips to Spain and Brazil before leaving office 14-11-2019 12:46 Appointments for outgoing president’s final weeks in office includes two international summits.
ENVIRONMENT Goat farmers at climate change frontline in Argentina's wine belt 06-11-2019 16:48 Goat breeders scattered along the Andes foothills on the frontline of climate change, where conditions force them to take their herds higher up the mountains every year in order to graze.
Climate Change Protests Jane Fonda arrested for civil disobedience during climate change march 29-10-2019 17:14 A half-century after throwing her attention-getting celebrity status into Vietnam War protests, Fonda is now doing the same in a U.S. climate movement where the average age is 18.“My only issue with being arrested, for me, is being old,” joked Fonda.
EDITORIAL Climate changing faster than politicians 19-10-2019 13:49 If climate change clearly topped the agenda at last month’s United Nations General Assembly, it is being given extremely short shrift at tomorrow’s presidential debate.
VEGETARIANISM Vegetarians gaining ground in carnivorous Argentina 19-10-2019 09:35 Whisper it: Increasing numbers of young Argentines are turning their back on meat and keeping it green.
GUEST VOICE Ciimate change: An unstoppable movement takes hold 19-10-2019 09:17 On the eve of the September UN Climate Action Summit, young women and men around the world mobilised by the millions and told global leaders: “You are failing us.” by UN Secretary General António Guterres
ENVIROMENT Patagonia – a reservoir of fossils, oil and wind worth their weight in gold 19-10-2019 09:03 Alongside Vaca Muerta, one of the biggest deposits of unconventional oil and gas in the world, Argentina also houses its “Vaca Muerta of wind” down south, according to experts.
GUEST COLUMN Anger and environmental idealism 19-10-2019 08:30 The thrust of our political, economic and environmental systems must be urgently changed because their divergence is catastrophic. by Ricardo Lorenzetti
ENVIRONMENT Environment drops off radar after four years of contradictions 19-10-2019 08:09 Experts say the Macri administration is trying to have it both ways when it comes to environmental policies. And worryingly, the outlook doesn’t look much better under a potential government led by Alberto Fernández. by Fermin Koop
Economy How can Argentina achieve sustainable economic growth? 18-10-2019 23:09 Ambassadors from four Nordic countries — Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden — gathered with business executives and government officials Friday to discuss how Argentina can achieve the lofty goals set by the United Nations on sustainable development.
CLIMATE PROTESTS Global climate 'rebellion' sees mass arrests and blocked roads 08-10-2019 10:12 Climate protesters from Sydney to New York to Buenos Aires blocked roads Monday, sparking hundreds of arrests, as two weeks of civil disobedience demanding immediate action to save the Earth from "extinction" kicked off.
climate change Climate emergency threatens Latin America’s oceans and glaciers 28-09-2019 04:15 Major new IPCC oceans report warns of big impacts of global heating and urges quick emissions cuts. by Fermin Koop
climate change Thousands protest in capital as part of global #FridaysForFuture movement 28-09-2019 02:59 Apart from Buenos Aires, other major urban centres including Córdoba, Mar del Plata, Rosario, La Plata, Bahía Blanca, Neuquén, Bariloche, Salta, and San Luis held marches. by Maria Gracia Santillana
Climate Change Scientists brave crisis to continue research at Venezuela's last glacier 24-09-2019 18:29 The rapid pace of glacial retreat over the past century and a half, accelerated by human activities and burning of fossil fuels, creates new urgency for scientists to understand how freshly exposed rock forms new soil and eventually new ecosystems.
CLIMATE CHANGE Young climate activists file UN complaint against Argentina, four other nations 23-09-2019 17:33 Complaint by 16 young climate activists, led by Greta Thunberg, accuses Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Turkey of failing to uphold their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed 30 years ago.
UNITED NATIONS 'How dare you!' – Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg slams world leaders 23-09-2019 15:06 Thunberg, who travelled from Europe to New York for the summit on a zero-emissions sailboat, said she should be in school in her native Sweden rather than at the UN telling world leaders what to do to address climate change.
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY Argentine climate activist makes waves at UN climate summit 23-09-2019 14:50 From the streets to the summit: local activist 19-year-old Bruno Rodríguez among the young climate leaders mobilising in New York City for climate summit ahead of UN General Assembly.
BLOOMBERG OPINION The massive cost of not adapting to climate change 13-09-2019 12:11 The world must invest $1.8 trillion by 2030 to prepare for the effects of global warming. A new report said the payoff could be four times that.
ENVIRONMENT Chilean Patagonia: an open-air lab to study climate change 04-09-2019 12:50 In one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, scientists are studying whales, dolphins and algae in order to help predict how climate change will affect the world's oceans.