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Analysis: Argentina targets huge expansion of renewable energy by 2030

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Analysis: Colombia’s offshore wind power plans spark hope and caution

An offshore wind farm in Europe. Colombia’s Caribbean coast has great potential for offshore wind power projects but is also home to protected areas of ecological importance. Photo credit: Tho Ge / Pixabay. By Daniela Quintero Díaz Government seeks to accelerate offshore projects with an upcoming auction, as experts say regulations and safeguards still need fine-tuning. The wind and the strength of […]

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Analysis: Small solar projects help to power Argentina’s energy transition

Solar panels on the rooftop and car park of a secondary school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Many such projects allow users to generate their own electricity and sell the surplus back to the grid. Photo credit: Energe. By Javier Lewkowicz Distributed generation and local actors are boosting renewables, democratising energy and reducing bills. A small town generating its own power, […]

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Big banks linked to deforestation that threatens Indigenous people

In recent decades, the Ayoreo people have been forced to leave their ancestral lands in the Paraguayan Chaco, but 150 members remained uncontacted. Photo credit:: Fotografías Nuevas / Flickr, PD. By Flávia Milhorance Report shows US and EU financiers back meat firms in Paraguay whose activities put Ayoreo people at risk. In 2022, an isolated Indigenous group disappeared in the Brazilian Amazon. With the […]

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Colombia targets reforestation growth

Colombia’s Environment Minister Susana Muhamad during COP27. Photo credit: Reuters / Emilie Madi. By Anders Lorenzen When talking about the Amazon rainforest, most of us think of Brazil. This without realizing that the bordering country, Colombia, has a fair share of the world’s largest tropical forest. And in a green push, the government of Colombia has announced an ambitious reforestation […]

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South America to incur heavy costs of climate impacts

finance A busy train station in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters / Amanda Perobelli. By Anders Lorenzen The credit ratings agency Moody’s has warned that climate impacts in South America could cost the continent nearly a fifth of its gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of this century unless new policies are implemented to curb the impacts of climate change. […]

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Argentina’s historic drought

climate change A farmer walks past a cow that died from the drought in Argentina. Photo credit: Reuters / Agustin Marcarian By Anders Lorenzen Argentina is currently going through the worst drought in 60 years. Its hugely important agricultural sector, the grain industry in particular, is being hit hard by the long-running drought which started in May last year and […]

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