The 1st International ACCIÓN/UNESCO Climate School focuses on the topic of “Andean Climate Variability and Change”, due to its timeliness and the important consequences of climate change for the Andean environment and society. Dr. Amelia Díaz, SENAMHI CEO, Dr. Mathias Vuille ACCION project manager and Dr. Ken Takahashi, a research scientist at Instituto de Geofisica […]

Bahamian teachers learning how a generators works during the workshop The Ministry of Education in the Bahamas and the Organization of American States (OAS) through its Department of Sustainable Development conducted a two-day teacher workshop in Nassau on August 21-22, 2013 to teach educators the importance of teaching about renewable energy and energy conservation in […]

August 16, 2013 By Guyana Times Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud met Friday with U.S. Embassy Economic and Commercial Officer Jeffrey Barrus, and Dr Janaki Alavalapati, Senior Fellow with the Energy and Climate Partnership of Americas (ECPA). Barrus expressed his appreciation to the minister for organising the meetings with Dr Alavalapati and the […]

Senior ECPA Fellow Daniel Kammen, a physicist, scientist, and climate issues counselor for President Barack Obama, will be in town to share his knowledge about the environment, their change and renewable energy. Kammen is a renowned scientist who participated in the report Climate Change 2007, which shared the Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President […]

Washington, D.C., August 9 – Dan Kammen, a Senior Fellow in the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), will be traveling from August 13th to 15th 2013 to Medellin, Colombia to participate in meetings and conferences about renewable energy. Senior ECPA Fellow Dan Kammen is a professor of public policy, energy and resources […]

Washington, D.C., August 9, 2013 – Maria Paz Gutierrez, a Senior Fellow in the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), will be traveling from August 10-August 24 to participate in meetings and events in Chile on innovative multi-scale design for sustainable buildings. Senior ECPA Fellow Gutierrez is an Assistant Professor at the University […]