Chile increases climate change ambition with targets that simultaneously improve air quality and health...
Chile’s revised Nationally Determined Contribution commits to reducing black carbon emissions by 25% by 2030, providing important benefits for health alongside climate mitigation.
Chile is...
Scientists react: What are the key new insights from the IPCC’s WG1 report? (Carbon...
The new report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) marks the latest comprehensive effort by the world’s climate scientists to summarise...
Wildfires burning in Chile are among the deadliest in country’s record (New Scientist)
Fires in central and southern Chile, exacerbated by extreme temperatures and megadrought, have led to at least 26 deaths and burned more than 2700...
Environmentalists in Chile Are Hoping to Replace the Country’s Pinochet-Era Legal Framework With an...
A draft now being debated, which must be completed by July 5 and ratified in a national vote before September, would recognize the climate...
Devastating blazes prompt Chile to confront fire risk (EcoAméricas)
Wildfires in the Valparaíso region of cen tral Chile produced the country’s highest human death toll from a natural disaster since its 2010 earthquake,...
A Salt Bath in Bolivia (Nasa Earth Observatory)
Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat (or playa) in the world. For much of the year, it stretches out in a...
Did Climate Change Worsen Chile’s Wildfires? Not This Time, Researchers Say (The New York...
A rapid analysis didn’t find the fingerprints of global warming on the February blazes, but risks are still rising overall as the planet heats.
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Winter heat wave in Chile offers ‘window’ to warmer world (Reuters)
SANTIAGO, Aug 3 (Reuters) – A winter heat wave bringing historically high temperatures to Chile is a «window» to an increasingly warm future, according...
A Strained Water System in Chile (Nasa Earth Observatory)
Intense droughts lasting a year or two are common in Chile and other countries with Mediterranean climates. But the drought currently gripping central Chile—which...
Atmospheric Tales: Building climate resilience in South American cities (Spotify)
In this episode we discuss inequalities and segregation as drivers of climate risks and vulnerability.
Participative decision-making — listening to citizens during the planning...
