OPINION & ANALYSIS What can cities do to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change? 20-10-2022 15:20 The challenges posed by climate change require immediate actions, which national governments are not carrying out to the extent they are needed.
Food Security Wind blows in favour of Argentina’s GM crops 24-08-2022 15:18 Genetically modified crops, which have for years been heavily criticised by environmentalists, are benefitting from new technological developments and health and safety approvals overseas.
Bloomberg World food prices post biggest decline since 2008 in July 05-08-2022 20:39 Global food prices fell the most since 2008 after concerns over supplies of grains and vegetable oils eased as Ukraine moved toward restarting exports.
EDITORIAL Blind eyes of a storm 01-08-2022 14:40 At least two natural phenomena – sandstorms taking the form of a vertical twister spiral and the eye of the storm, that island of calm in the midst of a hurricane or typhoon – unfold atypically in a relatively small area and perhaps Argentina today has something of both.
Climate Change Battered by climate change, Latin America must brace for worse: report 26-07-2022 14:22 Latin America is now experiencing the calamitous impacts of climate change: water shortages and food insecurity are making their impact on human life in the region. It will only get worse, says World Meteorological Organisation report.
Climate Change Climate change's fingerprints on ever hotter heatwaves 18-07-2022 15:07 As Europe sizzles, experts predict more to come. Increased frequency of heatwaves here to stay, and an undeniable symptom of climate change.
Climate Crisis UN: Even chance world will breach 1.5C warming within 5 years 10-05-2022 01:53 There is an even chance that global temperatures will temporarily breach the benchmark of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in one of the next five years, the United Nations warned Tuesday.
Climate Crisis Climate change creating new virus hotspots 'in our backyard' 30-04-2022 16:15 Climate change will drive animals towards cooler areas where their first encounters with other species will vastly increase the risk of new viruses infecting humans, raising the threat of another pandemic, researchers warned Thursday.
ENVIRONMENT Environmentalists march to demand climate change action 23-04-2022 00:09 Coinciding with Earth Day, hundreds of people marched in Buenos Aires on Friday to demand more effort be made to tackle climate change.
Climate change Melting glaciers, fast-disappearing gauge of climate change 24-02-2022 22:36 A crack widens in the San Rafael glacier in Chile's extreme south, and a ten-story iceberg crashes into the lake by the same name – a dramatic reminder of the impacts of global warming.
PROFILE: GABRIEL BORIC New president at 35 thrusts Chile back into exceptionalism role 21-12-2021 15:44 While Gabriel Boric is sometimes described as part of a leftward shift in Latin America, he seems to be of a new, more globalist, breed.
ENVIRONMENT Greenhouse gas levels reach record high amid COP26 worries 25-10-2021 15:00 Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached record levels last year, the United Nations said on Monday in a stark warning ahead of the COP26 summit.
CLIMATE CHANGE Biden urges 'highest' ambition at UN climate summit 17-09-2021 13:39 President Alberto Fernández joins US President Joe Biden for virtual meeting designed to galvanise efforts to confront the global climate crisis.
ENVIRONMENT What does the new IPCC report mean for Latin America? 13-08-2021 22:49 Regional temperatures will continue to increase at rates greater than global average and extreme weather events will further accelerate, new climate change report warns by Fermin Koop
ENVIRONMENT UN report: Human role in global warming overwhelming and ‘unequivocal’ 13-08-2021 22:46 Climate scientists reach ‘unequivocal’ consensus on human-made warming in landmark IPCC report.
ENVIRONMENT Leaked UN draft climate report: Potential economic impact 23-06-2021 14:49 Climate-boosted extreme weather events – cyclones, droughts, flooding – have already sapped both short- and long-term economic growth, especially in developing countries, says new UN report.
ENVIRONMENT Leaked UN draft climate report: Potential impact for humans 23-06-2021 14:33 Species extinction, ecosystem collapse, crippling health impacts from disease and heat, water shortages, cities devastated by rising seas – all will accelerate in the coming decades, no matter how rapidly the carbon emissions are cut, new report warns.
ENVIRONMENT Crushing climate impacts to hit sooner than feared, says draft UN report 23-06-2021 14:24 Hunger, drought and disease will afflict tens of millions more people within decades, according to a draft UN assessment that lays bare the dire human health consequences of a warming planet.
ENVIRONMENT Chile inaugurates Latin America's first thermosolar plant 11-06-2021 00:55 Chile inaugurated Cerro Dominador, Latin America's first-ever thermosolar energy plant, as a step in the country's quest for carbon-neutrality by 2050.
EDITORIAL Thinking green or greenbacks 24-04-2021 00:19 Argentina’s vision cannot afford to remain stuck in the 1970s of OPEC and ideological strife in energy any more than political terms – this country offers enormous potential for renewable energy.
Beef Industry Beef-addicted Uruguay aiming to make farming greener 25-03-2021 12:00 Last year, Uruguay launched a livestock and climate initiative with the help of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). We hear from Rosa Correa, one of 62 farm owners to implement the programme, about its aims and objectives.
ENVIRONMENT Scientists reveal impact of climate change on Antarctic phytoplankton 18-02-2021 23:52 Argentine scientists reveal that rising temperatures and diminished salinity have altered phytoplankton in the Antarctic.
CLIMATE CHANGE Teenagers are the most convinced there’s a climate emergency 29-01-2021 12:17 Teenagers in some of the world’s top polluting nations are the strongest believers that global warming is an emergency, according to the largest-ever climate opinion poll.