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Countries eye electric car future

Cape Verde wants clean cars to account for 100 percent of the market in 2035 while Costa Rica has set a 2050 date.

Acceleration of global warming ‘code red’ for humanity

The world must brace itself for worse -- potentially much worse -- to come as the climate changes, the report made clear.

President Alvarado meets with leader of upcoming UN climate talks

President Carlos Alvarado met this week with Alok Sharma, the British politician who will preside over the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP26. 

‘Moderate to strong’ La Niña this year, UN says

La Niña typically causes an increase in rainfall in the Costa Rica's Central and Southern Pacific, and a decrease in rainfall in the southern Caribbean, according to the National Meteorological Institute (IMN).

‘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."
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The Implications of El Salvador’s Reforms

A reform that paves the way for El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele to amend the Constitution was described this Tuesday by jurists, analysts, and...

Costa Rica in the Splash Zone: Diarrhea Cases Explode

Health authorities indicated that Costa Rica is on alert for cases of acute diarrhea. During the first months of this year, health authorities recorded...

Costa Rica’s Education Crisis: Urgent Reforms Needed, Expert Says

Costa Rica has long struggled with a serious education problem. The Ministry of Public Education (MEP) has repeatedly failed to enact the necessary reforms...