Uruguay es el segundo país de América del Sur mejor preparado para superar el cambio climático, de acuerdo al último Índice de Adaptación Global (ND-GAIN) que la Universidad de Notre Dame (Indiana, EEUU) elabora cada año. De 175 países estudiados, Uruguay ocupa el lugar 52 en la lista de países menos vulnerables a los desafíos climáticos y el puesto 55 en la lista de países más preparados para enfrentar tales circunstancias.

In follow-up to the launch of the Caribbean Energy Security Initiative (CESI) in June 2014, the Vice President, Secretary of Energy Moniz, other senior Administration officials, Caribbean Heads of Government, multilateral development banks, and other international partners participated in the Caribbean Energy Security Summit January 26 in Washington, D.C. to work together in support of Caribbean energy security.

A new manual that will enable policymakers to calculate the true value of ecosystems for a transition to a green economy across the world's 52 small island developing states (SIDS), was launched today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at a ceremony celebrating the end of the International Year of SIDS.

It's widely accepted that climate change will have bigger negative impacts on poorer countries than wealthy ones. However, a new economic modeling study finds that the economic impacts on these poorer countries could be much larger than previous estimates.

The latest data - based on detailed climate modelling work - suggests extreme La Nina events in the Pacific Ocean will almost double with global warming, from one in 23 years to one in 13 years.

"We are seeing the accelerated impact of climate change," World Bank boss Jim Yong Kim said in a speech on Wednesday. "Last year was the hottest on record. That matters. Extreme weather is real. It's a complete no-brainer to move towards cleaner, more livable cities."

Forests are crucially important to climate change. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), "they have the potential to absorb about one-tenth of global carbon emissions projected for the first half of this century into their biomass, soils and products and store them – in principle in perpetuity".

La Secretaría de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas para el Cambio Climático (CMNUCC) lanzó la web oficial para que los países puedan presentar sus planes de acción climática antes de la COP21 que se llevará a cabo en diciembre de este año en Francia.

Speaking at a televised event at the World Economic Forum, Ban said forums like Davos and the G20 had failed to treat sustainable development seriously.

Resilient infrastructure, better early warning systems and wider access to education are essential to meet future development goals, Margareta Wahlström, head of the UN office for disaster risk reduction (UNISDR), told RTCC.

Unlike Germany-based Munich Re, insurers in the U.S. are only slowly acknowledging their vulnerability to climate change. Insurance companies have a natural — and critical — role in helping us prepare for the inevitable and mounting impacts of climate change, and hopefully in preventing its worst effects. Their financial exposure makes them uniquely credible messengers. Since they set our rates, they also have economic leverage to prompt changes in our behavior.

The 2,500 business leaders, academics and policymakers meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week need to look beyond current financial concerns and focus on the effects that war and climate change are having on the fight against poverty, the head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has warned.

Christiana Figueres, who heads up the global climate change talks, was visibly moved as she urged business leaders to take action to avoid runaway climate change at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos on Thursday.

The United Nations asked governments on Thursday to submit plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions as the building blocks of a deal due in Paris in December to limit global warming, after scientists said 2014 was the hottest year on record.

El Consejo Dominicano del Café (CODOCAFE) y OXFAM Italia firmaron un acuerdo de colaboración con el interés de fortalecer las acciones que se están realizando en el rescate de las plantaciones afectadas por la Roya, con miras al incremento de la productividad y el mejoramiento de la calidad del café dominicano y así obtener un perfil de taza adecuado para los requerimiento del mercado.