UN Climate Change News, 24 November 2021 –  In a keynote address today during the Ministerial Dialogue at the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) Energy Week, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, outlined four key achievements made at this month’s UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, which represent “significant progress” in global efforts to tackle climate change.

En el artículo 8 de la Ley General de Educación se establece que: “El Estado está obligado a prestar servicios educativos con equidad y excelencia”. Y en la redacción del párrafo del mismo artículo, se establece la población prioritaria hacia la cual se debe orientar la prestación de esos servicios; esto es, a “quienes pertenezcan a grupos y regiones con  mayor rezago educativo, dispersos o que enfrentan situaciones de vulnerabilidad por circunstancias específicas de carácter socioeconómico, físico, mental, de identidad cultural, origen étnico o nacional, situación migratoria (…), o relacionadas con aspectos de género, preferencia sexual o prácticas culturales”

UN Climate Change News, 23 November 2021 – At the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow in November, direct and unprecedented engagement between indigenous peoples, local communities and governments helped unlock sustainable and resilient ways to achieve the Paris Agreement commitments and reverse biodiversity decline. For the first time in the history of the UNFCCC, twenty-eight indigenous peoples were nominated from each of the seven UN indigenous socio-cultural regions, to engage directly as knowledge holders and share experiences as indigenous experts with governments.

Los habitantes de la ciudad de Lytton, al suroeste de Canadá, vivieron un auténtico infierno el pasado verano, cuando una chispa provocó un incendio que arrasó la ciudad en apenas unas horas.

Deliberations under the current session of the COP, CMP and CMA came to an end this Saturday in Glasgow, one day after their scheduled conclusion. The wide-ranging set of decisions, resolutions and statements that constitute the outcome of COP26 is the fruit of intense negotiations over the past two weeks, strenuous formal and informal work over many months, and constant engagement both in-person and virtually for nearly two years. The package adopted today is a global compromise that reflects a delicate balance between the interests and aspirations of nearly the 200 Parties to the core instruments on the international regime that governs global efforts against climate change.

El Pacto Climático de Glasgow, firmado por casi 200 países, es el primero de este tipo que prevé explícitamente la reducción del uso y explotación del carbón, el combustible fósil que más gases de efecto invernadero genera.