In a landmark advisory opinion, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that governments have a legal obligation to ...

In a landmark climate decision, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognized that the right to a healthy climate is an ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that countries belonging to the Organization of American States (OAS) ...

Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states' human rights obligations ...

Member states must cooperate to tackle climate change and not take actions that set back environmental protections, the Inter ...

Colombia and Chile are awaiting an advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on whether countries are responsible for climate change harms and, if so, what their obligations ...

A New Concept for Fighting Climate Change A growing number of climate activists are taking up a fresh idea as a rallying cry and a legal strategy: Nature, in all its manifestations, is alive.

University of California - Santa Cruz. "Colombia's peatlands could be a crucial tool to fight climate change: But first we have to find them." ScienceDaily.

Key takeaways Colombia’s eastern lowlands region likely contains between 7,370 and 36,200 square kilometers of peatlands. These peatlands may store a carbon stock roughly equivalent to 70 years worth ...

Climate change is profoundly disrupting coffee production in Colombia, the world’s third-largest coffee producer, after Brazil and Vietnam. The country is also facing extreme weather events from ...

CHINCHINA, Colombia — “Before, the seasons seemed etched into the calendar, with well-defined periods of drought and rain. Today, the climate has gone completely mad!” says coffee grower ...