AS/COA hosted Izabella Teixeira, Brazil's minister of the environment and Lisa Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to discuss the priorities and challenges of the Joint Initiative on Urban Sustainability.
Brazil helped lead global climate change talks in South Africa. But environmentalists warn new Brazilian legislation may spur deforestation.
Indigenous Bolivians from the country's Amazonian lowlands are fighting a presidential plan for a transoceanic highway.
The Brazilian House of Deputies passed a law that would open up more of the Amazon to small farmers—a move environmentalists denounce as an invitation to accelerate already rising deforestation.
Panelists at an AS/COA Energy Action Group roundtable spoke about the tremendous potential for renewable energy in Latin America, yet acknowledged serious challenges for investors.
Panelists at this AS/COA roundtable explored prospects for implementing low-carbon growth strategies and focused on how their companies incorporate innovative and sustainable solutions into Latin American production and business operations.
Speaking at at the 2011 Mexico City conference, AS/COA President and CEO Susan Segal spoke about Mexico's environmental accomplishments and the country's positioning as a destination for green investment.
