Susana Muhamad, #Colombia’s #environment minister, who is expected to be the Cop16 president, said the South American country would use the summit to ensure #nature was a key part of the global environmental agenda in the year building up to the climate #Cop30 in the Brazilian Amazon in 2025, where countries will present new plans on how they will meet the #ParisAgreement.
Edit: added a photo from earlier this afternoon at the same spot.
I'm at a small plaza in Bogatá this evening watching a crowd of young skaters doing tricks. All of the benches here are either stone or very solid cement so aren't hurt by the skateboards. A young girl sitting on a skateboard just went cruising by about 2 feet in front of a couple cops, who barely noticed.
Museo Botero today. It's a lovely museum dedicated to the artwork of Fernando Botero. The museum contains multiple rooms on two levels, wrapped around a beautiful courtyard.
I find his work extremely entertaining and engaging. I spent a couple hours with it, which is a lot for me for a small art museum. The store sells posters, but none of the two paintings I would actually like to look at in my house.
Here are a couple shots typical of his work. (Note alt text in second photo.)
Left my hotel room in Bogotá, walked a few blocks, saw a long line of motorcycle cops and, of course, followed them. Led me to a demonstration. I still haven't figured out exactly whom is protesting what. Anyone know details? It's pretty chill, but really loud. #Colombia#protest
Colombia is known as "the land of a thousand rhythms," but breaking into its music industry has been an uphill battle for Afro-Colombians. Artists such as Alexis Lozano and the late Jairo Varela helped pave the way, and now a new generation is emerging. Here, Billboard's Luis Gomez lists 9 Afro-Colombian artists you should know.
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Here a recommendations to governments about mining.
It follows a fact-finding report on El Salvador’s detained water defenders, the potential return of environmentally destructive mining, and the state of human rights under the Bukele administration: https://ips-dc.org/report-state-of-deception-human-rights-under-bukele/@environment