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‘Do it for our children,’ parents plead at UN climate meet

Costa Rica's President Carlos Alvarado made climate change personal.

United States formally starts withdrawal from Paris climate accord

Trump has cast the climate accord as elitist, saying when announcing his decision that he was "elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris."

Global climate meetings in Costa Rica close with call for further action

Attendees at the Costa Rica event proposed the end of fossil fuel subsidies, the preservation of nature and the promotion of clean and renewable energy as a path for this new model.

In Costa Rica, experts discuss how to use nature to face climate crisis

Participants raised the need to look in nature for mechanisms to contain global warming.

Costa Rica joins New Zealand and others in unique commercial-climate initiative

Formal talks are expected to begin next year with the hope that the project will eventually acquire international treaty status.

Watch: President Carlos Alvarado speaks at Climate Week in New York City

President Alvarado discussed Costa Rica's role in the fight against climate change. 

The planet loses 40 soccer fields worth of forests every minute

In just 10 years the planet has lost 945,345 km2 of natural forests, a little over the total size of Venezuela.

A little funding and a lot of ideas on how to decarbonize Costa Rica

President Carlos Alvarado acknowledged that the plan can’t work if it doesn’t work for the middle class.

Chile to replace Brazil as 2019 UN climate summit host

Costa Rica will host the annual "pre-COP" meeting of ministers a few months before the main event.

United Nations: Countries must triple contributions to reach global climate goals

The report shows that in 2017, greenhouse gas emissions increased again after three years of stability.
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Major Cocaine Seizure in Costa Rica’s South Highlights Ongoing Cartel Fight

Costa Rican police pulled off a big win against drug traffickers this Sunday, seizing over a ton of cocaine hidden in a tourism minibus...

In Costa Rica, Rare White-Lipped Peccaries Still Survive

Today we meet the white-lipped peccary, a large animal that travels in large groups that has disappeared from a large part of its historical...

Costa Rica National Parks to Measure Tourism Impact

Costa Rica will now be able to measure the impact of tourism in its national parks, thanks to innovative environmental technology from The NeverRest...

Costa Rica’s Role in US Deportation Drama with Salvadoran Migrant

A Salvadoran man at the center of a heated US immigration battle could end up in Costa Rica if he accepts a guilty plea,...