A scenario document issued by Ban’s office reveals around 200 leaders will make simultaneous announcements in three separate rooms from 1015-1315 on the day.

Brazil, South Africa, India and China — are expected to come out with a joint statement this afternoon, reflecting their common stand during future climate change negotiations.

The aim of the 12-member group is to promote accelerated implementation of sustainable transport aligned closely with the objectives of inclusive and equitable growth.

Un equipo de la ciudad colombiana de Pereira se prepara para representar por primera vez al país en la tercera edición de la Carrera Solar Atacama, una travesía de cinco días a lo largo de 1.400 kilómetros en el desierto chileno.

Senior level representatives from a wide range of regional institutions met in Saint Lucia on Tuesday to develop a regional climate change strategy at the first meeting of the Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC) on Climate Change.

Deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of 40 to 70 percent by mid-century will be needed to avert the worst of global warming that is already harming all continents, a draft U.N. report showed.

"Because the last three decades have seen such a significant rise in global and regional temperatures, most people under the age of 30 have not lived in a world without global warming," Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization (WMO), told Reuters.

Con el fin generar un escenario más sostenible y competitivo dentro del sector eléctrico del país, este martes 5 de agosto se llevará a cabo el lanzamiento oficial de la Ley 1715 de 2014 en el Hotel Radisson de Bogotá, un nuevo estatuto que favorecerá el uso eficiente de los recursos energéticos y la diversificación de las fuentes tradicionales de energía eléctrica.

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (2014), published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, said that world food fish aquaculture production expanded at an average annual rate of 6.2 per cent in the period 2000–2012 (and 9.5 per cent in 1990–2000), from 32.4 million to 66.6 million tonnes, with growth being relatively faster in Africa (11.7 per cent) and Latin America and the Caribbean (10 per cent). 

El uso de energías renovables nace como una alternativa para enfrentar la crisis que atraviesa el sector, aseguró Eduardo Vallarino, presidente de la Asociación Panameña de productores de Energía Renovable (APPER).

Buildings are among the largest consumers of earth’s natural resources. According to the Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative, they use about 40 percent of global energy and 25 percent of global water, while emitting about a third of greenhouse gas emissions.

Pequeños productores de café orgánico en el Altiplano del país hacen frente a la roya, mediante la aplicación de fórmulas como caldo multimineral, caldo bordolés y abono foliar, los cuales son elaborados por ellos mismos.

World leaders, CEOs, United Nations and civil society representatives attending the meeting will seek to galvanize renewed action for SIDS and articulate small island priorities for the next 20 years. This includes identifying how small island nations will transition to a more sustainable development path, including adapting to climate change, preserving the oceans and developing renewable energy sources. Partnerships to achieve these objectives will be at the heart of the conference and over 200 new partnerships are expected to be part of the conference outcome.

Chairman of the St Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority (SLSWMA), Sylvester Clauzel, said the government is holding talks with a UK-based organisation to craft a solution for transforming waste material into energy.