The Uruguayan NGO Tagma built the first 100% sustainable school in the province of Buenos Aires. Made from recycled materials, it maintains a stable temperature without the need for artifi cial heating or cooling. It is also supplied with solar energy and river water.
“La Rolita” is a state-owned company promoted by the Mayor’s Office that, by means of electric buses, offers new routes in neighborhoods that are difficult to access in the Colombian capital. It also proposes to break down gender stereotypes and to promote environmental sustainability.
Traditional urban planning has favored “concentric” layouts with a central core surrounded by suburbs and arable land. But one researcher proposes that cities should be planned to be “rough”. What does this model consist of and what benefits can it bring to a city’s environment and even its food security?
In the urban fabric of our streets there are dangers and fears, but also opportunities for access, freedom of expression and joy. Each of them is a path that leads to the destinations desired, needed and desired by its people. However, moving through the city is far from being equitable for everyone. The streets are […]
Un evento global importante que acaba de ocurrir quizás pasó desapercibido para muchos. Durante toda una semana se celebró, después de 50 años, la Conferencia de la ONU sobre el agua 2023 y, específicamente, el 22 de marzo tuvo lugar el Día Mundial del Agua. Así como hablamos mucho sobre las preocupaciones que aquejan al […]
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region faces the dual challenge of reducing the development gap and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, according to the commitments made by the countries in the Paris Agreement. The transport sector in LAC is responsible for 35% of total GHG emissions from burning fossil fuels, but it also generates other […]
India, the world’s third largest producer of this type of waste, has banned the manufacture and circulation of 19 products since July. The municipality of Tamil Nadu, with 80 million inhabitants, had done so three years earlier and served as a reference: it reduced the consumption of single-use plastics by two thirds, but there are […]
Nowadays, the environmental discussion is more present, the idea of an efficient environmental policy is central and has been installed in the public discussion of municipal affairs, driven by the increasing pollution of air, water and soil in cities.
The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) is a global alliance of cities and local governments voluntarily committed to combating climate change, reducing its unavoidable impacts and facilitating access to sustainable and affordable energy for all. It is based on three pillars: climate change mitigation, adaptation to the adverse effects of climate […]
During the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of October, CILA was present at the world’s largest Global Municipalism Meeting “Cities Without Fear”. For 3 days, activists, activists, social organizations, Councillors, ambassadors, civil servants from Latin America, mayors and mayoresses met in the city of Rosario, Argentina; with the challenge of transforming fear into hope and the […]
