Climate Change

New study questions impact of ending fossil fuel subsidies

New research shows that the removal of subsidies would lead to bigger emissions reductions in oil and gas exporting regions, such as Russia, Latin America and the Middle East, than promised by thei

Publication Date: 
16/02/2018
Eco Business
Tags:
Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Carbon Dioxide, Subsidies, Oil, Natural Gas, Green House Gases, Russia, South America, Global, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Firewood
Habitat And Urbanisation

Using a hydrological model to simulate the performance and estimate the runoff coefficient of green roofs in semiarid climates

Green roofs offer a series of benefits to buildings and to the urban environment. Their use in dry climates requires optimizing the choice of their components (i.e., vegetation, substrate and drainage layer) for the specific local climatic conditions, in order to minimize irrigations needs while preserving the attributes of the roof. In this study, we calibrated and validated an existing hydrological model—IHMORS—for the simulation of the hydrological performance of green roofs.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2018
Josefina Herrera, Gilles Flamant, Jorge Gironás & et al
Water
1-17
Tags:
Green Spaces, Climate, Hydrology, Green Buildings, Urban Habitat, Drainage, Flora, Chile, Irrigation, South America
Natural Disasters

World Bank launches $1.4 billion catastrophe bond for Latam earthquakes: Aon

LONDON (Reuters) - The World Bank has launched a $1.4 billion catastrophe bond covering Latin American earthquakes, the largest earthquake catastrophe bond on record, Aon Securities said on Wednesd

Publication Date: 
08/02/2018
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, World Bank, South America
Habitat And Urbanisation

Regional action plan for the implementation of the new urban agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016-2036

An action plan for implementing the New Urban Agenda (NUA) in Latin America and the Caribbean envisions the city as a “macro-level public good” where citizens’ economic, social, cultural and environmental rights are guaranteed.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2018
UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Tags:
Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Environment, Sustainable Development, South America, Caribbean
Health

Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000–14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries

In 2015, the second cycle of the CONCORD programme established global surveillance of cancer survival as a metric of the effectiveness of health systems and to inform global policy on cancer control. CONCORD-3 updates the worldwide surveillance of cancer survival to 2014.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
30/01/2018
Claudia Allemani, Tomohiro Matsuda, Veronica Di Carlo & et al
Lancet
1-53
Tags:
Cancer, Diagnostic Methods, Child Health, Health Care, Africa, India, Asia, South America, N C America, Europe, Statistics
Agriculture

Scientists breeding super-nutritious crops to help solve global hunger

An incredible 155 million children around the world are chronically undernourished, despite dramatic improvements in recent decades.

Publication Date: 
22/01/2018
ENCA (South Africa)
Tags:
Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Food Security, Scientists, Malnutrition, Droughts, Climate Change, Africa, South America
Natural Disasters

6.3-magnitude quake hits 76km S of Putre, Chile -- USGS

An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted 76km S of Putre, Chile at 01:06:42 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Publication Date: 
22/01/2018
Xinhua
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, South America, Chile
Climate Change

Chocolate Shortage May Lead To Disappearance Within 40 Years, Scientists Say

Chocolate could reportedly vanish as early as 2050.

Publication Date: 
02/01/2018
International Business Times
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Cocoa, Global Warming, Agriculture, South America, Ghana, Cote D' Ivoire
Mining

Global trends in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM): a review of key numbers and issues

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has benefited from a body of research spanning decades, despite an ongoing lack of understanding and statistical data for the sector.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2018
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Tags:
Mining, Artisans, Minerals, Africa, Asia, South America
Food Policy

Monitoring food security in countries with conflict situations

The report covers country briefs for 17 countries in four regions: Latin America: Haiti, Africa: Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Lake Chad Basin (northeastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger), Liberia, Mali, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan, Middle East: Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Yemen, Asia: Af

Publication Date: 
01/01/2018
FAO
Tags:
Food Security, Conflicts, Asia, Africa, South America, Migration, Poverty

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