Colombia has declared a red alert because of low water levels in two key rivers which supply hundreds of towns and cities in the South American country, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesd

Colombia’s Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies, or Ideam, declared red alert Sunday in 20 departments across the country as a result of high temperatures that have caused

The Canadian province of British Columbia signed a memorandum of understanding with Alaska on Wednesday to protect transboundary rivers, watersheds and fisheries and be more involved in major minin

The Colombian authorities decided to temporarily close Tayrona National Nature Park, one of its most popular tourist destinations in the northern Caribbean region, in response to an indigenous comm

A total of 210, among the more than 1,100 municipalities, in Colombia are suffering from water rationing and 300 more are facing a risk of water shortage owing to El Niño, Colombian Housing Ministe

This policy brief explores the implications of dynamic economic development for adaptation to climate change. Policy lessons are derived from two case studies, the country of Colombia and the Indian state of West Bengal.

A fossil sea turtle from Colombia that is at least 120 million years old is the world's oldest, scientists have determined.

Four miners have been killed in a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in Colombia's central Boyaca province.

A new data set of landslides that caused loss of life in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 10-year period from 2004 and 2013 inclusive has been compiled, providing new insight into the impact of landslides in this key part of the world. This data set indicates that in the 10-year period a total of 11 631 people lost their lives across the region in 611 landslides. The geographical distribution of the landslides is highly heterogeneous, with areas of high incidence in parts of the Caribbean (most notably Haiti), Central America, Colombia, and southeast Brazil.

Colombia, South America's third-largest economy, has pledged to reduce carbon emissions by at least 20 percent by 2030 as a contribution to a new agreement aimed at fighting global warming, the gov

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