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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."

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. 
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Costa Rica Bolsters Yellow Fever Defenses Amid Regional Surge

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5,000-Year-Old Woman’s Remains Discovered in Peru’s Ancient Caral Civilization

Archaeologists announced Thursday the discovery of the remains of a woman who lived approximately 5,000 years ago and is believed to have belonged to...

Adjusting to Expat Life in Costa Rica and Its Two Gentle Seasons

Costa Rica's subtle seasonal changes offer orientation when spring, summer, autumn and winter aren’t there to structure the passage of time. Spring is here,...