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On Tuesday, June 21, five young people who have witnessed horrific consequences of the climate crisis filed lawsuits at the European Human Rights Court against 12 European governments for their part in the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), an international trade agreement that protects energy investments by compensating oil and gas firms. The claimants want their
When coffee farmers can take advantage of cloud-enabled, mobile technology, they simplify their data collection process and use this data to benchmark their performance within their industry, inform business decision making, and increase transparency for their farmers. Since the advent of the internet, digital technology has revolutionized the coffee industry. Buyers price their contracts with
Coffee farmers in southern Mexico organized in the Triunfo Verde cooperative, are showing how responsible agriculture can help preserve natural resources. Thanks to revamped internal financial controls and climate-smart practices, coffee farmers help preserve local ecosystems. The misty forests of southern Mexico’s El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve teem with life. This cloud forest—one of the most
Local on-the-ground technical committees are well placed to provide valuable information and devise measures to help farmers fight drought, as shown here in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala. Article in collaboration with: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) seeks to address the increasing challenge of global warming and declining food
In Guatemala, the relation between the indigenous peoples of the present, and the “magnificent” Maya of the past is often debated. The general perspective, which has been in place since the eighteenth century, is that the present indigenous people in Guatemala have no relationship with the Maya, and that they are not their descendants. Identities
Installations that simulate the effects of alterations and singular atmospheric experiments, which engage environment and nature, enhancing its power and beauty; photographs that tell of remote places and impossible situations; crazy curious objects, that seem like a three-dimensional process in Photoshop. The virtual feeling we have looking at these images turns into real. Subverting the