Hagamos del clima una clase
En el marco de la campaña Solve Climate By 2030, impulsada por el Centro de Política Ambiental del Bard College con el apoyo de Open Society University Network, el Centro ODS los invita a su webinar: "Hagamos del clima una clase". Este evento busca reflexionar sobre la importancia de involucrar el cambio climático desde diferentes…
7th Colombian Conference: Disruptive Solutions for Challenging Times
In a broader sense, disruption is an interruption to the current state of things. It can also mean creating solutions for problems that have been historically overlooked, ignored, or have affected neglected populations. By focusing on unattended or previously non-existing problems, disruption leads to questioning conventional thinking and practices. In Colombia, both the pre-pandemic crises…
Colombian Conference 2021: Nuevas voces por la naturaleza
Los líderes ambientales dedicados a la protección del ambiente y la naturaleza requieren de una combinación de habilidades para lograr movilizar apoyo y recursos de manera efectiva. A través de una convocatoria virtual en la que recibimos 239 aplicaciones, seleccionamos 4 jóvenes líderes ambientales para presentar sus historias en el marco de la Conferencia. Previo…
Environmental Leadership: Latin American Perspectives on the Climate Crisis
Next week, the White House will host the Leaders Summit on Climate, a virtual meeting taking place on April 22 and 23 involving high-level discussions on how new and deeper global partnerships can help urgently address the climate crisis. Of the 40 world leaders invited to the summit, eight represent countries that are based in…
Scaling Up Voluntary Carbon Markets in Latin America
To fund and scale up their work, restoration project developers are increasingly looking to earn revenue from the carbon that they sequester when they regenerate land and that they avoid emitting when they prevent deforestation. Recognizing the importance of voluntary carbon markets in achieving net-zero emissions, the Institute of International Finance has established a Taskforce…
Amazon Climate Forum
We’d love for you to join our Amazon Climate Forum, a high-level, invite-only virtual event on Thursday, April 15th at 1pm EDT, on the eve of the Earth Day Leaders Summit on Climate! The Forum features speakers representing Amazonian Indigenous and social movements, the faith community, members of the U.S. Congress, youth climate activists, celebrities,…
Earth Week: Let’s Botanize! Live Video Screening and Q&A
In their Instagram series, Let’s Botanize, Harvard doctoral candidates Ben Goulet-Scott and Jacob Suissa share their passion for plants and bring these often-overlooked parts of our environment into the foreground. Join us for a live screening of their short video, Movement without Muscles: The Sensitive Fern. The sensitive fern, Onoclea sensibilis, is a native New England plant…
Cóndor Andino: situación actual en el país
Previa inscripción requerida. Participa del taller gratuito dirigido a profesionales del periodismo y la educación ambiental. Un espacio de diálogo y análisis sobre la situación del cóndor andino en el país junto a técnicos/as del Grupo Nacional de Trabajo del Cóndor Andino. Entre los temas a abordar: estado de conservación, amenazas, proyectos de conservación, rol…
Foro de Biodiversidad y Carbono. Colombia
Registro requerido en enlace adjunto. La Fundación Cataruben, en alianza con el Programa Riqueza Natural de la Agencia de Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID), diseñó y ejecutó el proyecto REDD+ CO2Bio, para que a través de la venta de certificados de carbono obtenidos por la reducción de la deforestación y la degradación de bosques en…
Dialogues from the Amazon: A holistic model for a just transition.
In this event, indigenous leaders and coordinating team from the #AmazonSacredHeadwatersInitiative will participate and share their vision and proposals for the world. The main themes of the presentation includes solutions proposed for the future of the Amazon, the fight against extractive industries, and important cases for protecting the collective rights of indigenous peoples and nationalities…