Category: Circular Economy

• Reconciling sovereign debt and natural capital in low-income countries

  

  Falls in FDI and trade imposed by lockdowns, concurrent with the need to manage unstable health and economic systems, has plunged low-income countries (LICs) into a debt spiral. Globally, sovereign debt has increased by around $10 trillion. Not to say that it was stable before the pandemic; in fact, the IMF signalled half of LICs…

  Barnabé Colin

  May 1, 2021

  Biodiversity, Circular Economy, debt, Sustainability

  Biodiversity, debt, Development, Environment, finance, macroeconomics, natural capital, nature, Sustainability

• Circular economy models to solve the Peruvian water crisis

  Poorer neighbourhoods of Lima rely on trucks to deliver water, by Jan Sochor Unthinkable inequality in Latin America Sitting at the foot of a steep hill in Lima, the neighbourhood of Las Casuarinas is a showcase of multimillion dollar residences, equipped with swimming pools and panoramic views of the Peruvian capital. From here one cannot…

  Barnabé Colin

  November 14, 2018

  Circular Economy, Water

  Circular Economy, climate change, global warming, inequality, Latin America, Lima, Peru, population increase, Water, Water crisis, water scarcity