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Climate talks test global resolve on warming

AFP - June 6, 2022

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Climate change creating new virus hotspots ‘in our backyard’

Climate Change

Costa Rica Launches Its First National Plan for Climate Change Adaptation

Climate Change

Deforestation, climate change making outdoor work unsafe: study

Climate Change

Costa Rica & Denmark want to end exploration of fossil fuels: report

Alejandro Zúñiga -

Costa Rica and Denmark hope to create an alliance of countries willing to set a date to phase out oil and gas production.

Climate Change

Countries eye electric car future

AFP -

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

Climate Change

Acceleration of global warming ‘code red’ for humanity

AFP -

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

Climate Change

President Alvarado meets with leader of upcoming UN climate talks

The Tico Times -

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.

Climate Change

UN commends Costa Rica for decarbonization efforts

Alejandro Zúñiga -

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, commended Costa Rica for its ongoing decarbonization efforts.

Climate Change

Costa Rica celebrates U.S. support of global environmental plan

Alejandro Zúñiga -

U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an Executive Order that, in part, commits the country to taking bold steps regarding environmental conservation.

Climate Change

Costa Rica receives $54.1 million from Green Climate Fund for reducing emissions

The Tico Times -

Costa Rica thus became the first country in Central America to receive resources from the Green Climate Fund.

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Authorities tell Ponderosa Adventure Park to stop animal reproduction, feeding tours, selfies

Alejandro Zúñiga -

Ponderosa Adventure Park, previously known as África Mía under a different owner, celebrated the birth of its first giraffe in 2009.

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