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    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 7, 2020

    Chile's Enhanced Climate Plan Sets an Example for Other Countries

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    The buildings and roads of Santiago with the Andes mountains in the background.
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    Energy
    Asia
    Research
    May 16, 2016

    The Future Electricity Grid

    Finance
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 7, 2016

    How Uruguay Became a Wind Power Powerhouse

    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Sierra de los Caracoles wind farm in Uruguay.
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Latin America
    News
    September 20, 2015

    RELEASE: WRI Report Points to a Roadmap for Energy Emissions Reduction in Brazil

    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Latin America North America
    Insights
    July 3, 2015

    What the U.S.-Brazil Joint Statement on Climate Change Means for the World

    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • UNFCCC
    President Dilma Rousseff. Photo by Roberto Stuckert Filho/PR
    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 29, 2014

    What Does Environmental Democracy Look Like?

    • Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • renewable energy
    Eight years ago, developers proposed a five-dam project on the Baker and Pascua Rivers in Patagonia, Chile. While they projected that the hydropower would produce 2,750 megawatts of power, the project would also flood 23 square miles of wilderness, jeopardizing the environment, local culture, and tourism of the region. Photo Credit: International Rivers/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • renewable energy
    Food
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 18, 2014

    Making Economic Valuation Count for Coastal Ecosystems in the Caribbean

    • Freshwater
    • coral reefs
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • fisheries
    • Food
    • Ocean
    People and economies across the Caribbean are dependent on coastal ecosystems—including coral reefs, mangroves, and beaches. These ecosystems provide critical habitat to commercial fisheries, attract tourists from around the world, and protect coastal communities and infrastructure. Photo Credit: Katina Rogers
    • Freshwater
    • coral reefs
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • fisheries
    • Food
    • Ocean
    Energy
    Initiatives
    September 11, 2013

    Clean Energy

    Wind turbines
    Data
    September 25, 2008

    Tropical Americas (Reefs at Risk Regional Map)

    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • coral reefs
    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • coral reefs
    Latin America
    Data
    June 11, 2008

    Shoreline Protection by Coral Reefs, Relative Reef Contribution - St. Lucia

    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    Latin America
    Data
    June 11, 2008

    Shoreline Protection by Coral Reefs, Relative Reef Contribution - Tobago

    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    Latin America
    Data
    June 11, 2008

    Shoreline Protected by Coral Reefs - St. Lucia

    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    • coral reefs
    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    • coral reefs
    Latin America
    Data
    June 11, 2008

    Shoreline Protection by Coral Reefs - Tobago

    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics
    • Ocean
    • fisheries
    • Economics

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