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IDB To Install Environment Hub in Guatemala

The Inter-American Development Bank will open an office in Guatemala to process climate change topics in Central America.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The announcement was made by Juan Alberto Fuentes Knight, who added that “the environmental issue has grown in importance in the regional integration agenda and in each nation’s investment plans”.

Fuentes explained that the office will be located at IDB’s Guatemalan headquarters, and that they see this development as the first step of a substantial increase in IDB’s support for environmental topics.

Source: sigloxxi.com

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IDB Announces $ 250 Million for Guatemala

October 2010

The program will support the country's strategy for adapting to climate change and the reconstruction plan.

The announcement was made by Gina Montiel, regional general manager for Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in the context of the Donor Conference for Reconstruction with Transformation.

Nicaragua will improve disaster risk management and climate change adaptation with IDB assistance

October 2010

Loans totaling $10 million will reduce vulnerability of rural communities and facilitate the adaptation of agricultural producers to climate change

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved two loans totaling $10 million to reduce the vulnerability of rural communities in Nicaragua affected by climate change through a program to manage and conserve natural resources and protect watersheds.

Trade and Environment

June 2009

WTO and UNEP launch a report explaining for the first time the connections between trade and climate change.

The WTO/UNEP report on “Trade and Climate Change” published today examines the intersections between trade and climate change from four perspectives: the science of climate change; economics; multilateral efforts to tackle climate change; and national climate change policies and their effect on trade.

IDB Increases Support to Central America

March 2009

During a meeting of Governors, IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno announced that the entity will increase its support to countries in the region.

Proceso Digital published on its website: "’At this juncture, we have to lend more and that is our obligation and why we are here,' said the head of the IDB in his opening speech.