Only ten days separate the end of COP16-Biodiversity (1-11-2024) from the beginning of COP29-Climate Change (11-11-2024). Hopefully, the end of COP16 will not be repeated at COP 29, since the Conference on Biodiversity ended badly. That is how it should be said, without euphemisms. COP16 was suspended due to lack of quorum for the financing [...]
Here we present the most relevant data on COP29. Event duration: November 11-22, 2024. Name: COP29 Baku 2024 or 29th Conference of the Parties. Location: Baku, Azerbaijan. President : Mukhtar Babayev Population: 10.11 million (World Bank, 2023) Motto: Solidarity for a green world Logo: What to expect from COP29 Reducing carbon emissions, adapting to [...]
Summary and conclusions on COP16 Cali-Colombia 2024. Conference on Biodiversity COP16 or the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties of the United Nations on Biological Diversity, took place between October 21 and November 1, 2024, in the city of Cali, Colombia. Its objective: "To promote sustainable development through a vision that involves ecosystems and people." General [...]
General information about COP16 Duration: Oct 21 – Nov 01, 2024. Location: Cali, Colombia. President: Susana Muhammad González. Motto: Peace with nature. Objective: “Promote sustainable development through a vision that involves ecosystems and people.” Based on: the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, an international treaty presented in 1992 with the aim of conserving biological diversity [...]
"Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration" Date: June 5, 2024 Host country: Saudi Arabia. Motto: “Our lands. Our future". Numeral: We are the #RestorationGeneration. UN: “World Environment Day 2024 focuses on restoring lands, stopping desertification and strengthening resilience to drought.” SGK-Planet opinion: In view of the urgency of the situation, every day of the [...]
At the beginning of May 2024, the disappearance of the Humboldt Glacier, the last ice mass of its type in our country, made news. It was located in Mérida, in the Sierra Nevada of the same name. The Humboldt was the last Venezuelan glacier... and the first to disappear in the world. Our mountains will [...]
I am going to borrow this classic axiom to talk about the serious climate crisis on Earth that its inhabitants are suffering from. As an example, these days we are witnessing the severe frosts that are experienced in the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest incidence in the United States and Canada. On the other hand, [...]
COP28 or the 28th Conference of the Parties was held between November 30 and December 12, 2023. The venue was the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the Expo City Dubai Congress Centre, under the motto “Unite, act, deliver results”. Estimated participation : 80,000 delegates, a figure that includes 140 heads of state and [...]
Below we present the most relevant data and comments on COP28 to begin on November 30, 2023. Name of the event: COP28 or 28th Conference of the Parties. Date: From November 30 to December 12, 2023. Location: United Arab Emirates, Dubai City, Expo City Dubai Congress Centre. Motto: “Unite, act, deliver results.” Central objective: Maintain [...]
Includes recommendations to minimize in advance the effects of the El Niño phenomenon Scientists estimate that the 2023-2024 El Niño, exacerbated by the climate crisis, will likely raise global temperatures to new records in 2024. The most recent of these events was El Niño 2015-2016. After seven years of pause, it is among us again, [...]
