TFFF: Uma falsa solução para as florestas tropicais

Leia o post completo aqui [Language English, Español, Português, Français, Bahasa] Por Mary Louise Malig e Pablo Solón O governo brasileiro pretende lançar o Fundo de Financiamento para Florestas Tropicais (TFFF – Tropical Forest Finance Facility em inglês) em novembro de 2025, durante a 30ª Conferência das Partes da Convenção-Marco das Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças Climáticas (COP 30), em Belém do Pará. Essa iniciativa, que reúne os países com … Continue reading TFFF: Uma falsa solução para as florestas tropicais

TFFF: Solusi Palsu untuk Hutan Tropis

Baca postingan selengkapnya di sini [Language English, Español, Português, Français, Bahasa] Oleh Mary Louise Malig dan Pablo Solón Pemerintah Brasil akan menjadi tuan rumah Konferensi Para Pihak ke-30 Konvensi Iklim PBB (COP 30) yang akan diselenggarakan di Belém do Pará pada November 2025, di mana mereka berencana untuk meluncurkan Tropical Forest Finance Facility (TFFF) atau Fasilitas Pembiayaan Hutan Tropis. Inisiatif ini, yang mempertemukan negara-negara dengan hutan hujan terbesar di … Continue reading TFFF: Solusi Palsu untuk Hutan Tropis

Propuesta en construcción para un tratado de la cuenca amazónica para el cuidado del ciclo del agua

Durante el XI FOSPA realizado en Bolivia en 2024 se discutió la siguiente propuesta de tratado de la cuenca amazónica que plantea una gestión sistémica del agua orientada a preservar y evitar que continúe la actual disrupción del ciclo del agua en la Amazonía. Preámbulo La cuenca amazónica con 6.118.000 km2 es la cuenca hidrográfica más grande del mundo, abarcando aproximadamente 7 millones de kilómetros … Continue reading Propuesta en construcción para un tratado de la cuenca amazónica para el cuidado del ciclo del agua

TFFF: A False Solution for Tropical Forests

Read the full post here [Language English, Español, Português, Français, Bahasa] By Mary Louise Malig and Pablo Solón The Brazilian government is hosting the upcoming 30th Conference of Parties to the UN Climate Convention (COP 30) in Belém do Pará in November 2025, where it plans to launch the Tropical Forest Finance Facility (TFFF). This initiative bringing together the countries with the most rainforests was facilitated on the sidelines … Continue reading TFFF: A False Solution for Tropical Forests

TFFF: Una falsa solución para los bosques tropicales

Lea la publicación completa aquí [Language English, Español, Português, Français, Bahasa] Por Mary Louise Malig y Pablo Solón El gobierno de Brasil busca lanzar en noviembre de 2025 durante la 30.ª Conferencia de las Partes de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (COP 30) en Belém do Pará, el Fondo de Financiamiento para los Bosques Tropicales (TFFF – Tropical Forest Finance Facility en inglés). Esta … Continue reading TFFF: Una falsa solución para los bosques tropicales

Presentación del libro “El cóndor necio y el dragón al acecho”

Por Juan Pablo Neri Discurso presentado en la Casa Museo Solón, 4 de abril de 2024 Agradecimientos, Antes de iniciar la presentación, me gustaría realizar algunos apuntes de contexto, que me parecen cruciales. Creo que no puede caber duda que ya estamos en un periodo de transformación profunda del sistema mundial. Es decir, no es que esa transformación va a llegar en el futuro, como … Continue reading Presentación del libro “El cóndor necio y el dragón al acecho”

Los cipayos neoliberales defienden el arbitraje

Por Alberto Acosta, Ecuador “¿Está usted de acuerdo que el Estado ecuatoriano promueva la inversión extranjera y reconozca el arbitraje internacional como método para solucionar controversias en materia de inversión, contractuales o comerciales, de manera que se ofrezca a los inversores extranjeros un entorno apropiado de seguridad jurídica que genere mayores oportunidades de empleo y afiancen la dolarización?” -Pregunta (4) del referéndum del 21 de abril … Continue reading Los cipayos neoliberales defienden el arbitraje

Afterthoughts

Chapter Five of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here There is no question that the advancement of technology, including something still yet to be fully understood, such as Artificial Intelligence, automated systems and all its elements, has the potential for both good but also for incredible harm. Yes, advancements in this field have made great strides in information technologies, communications, and other areas. … Continue reading Afterthoughts

The AI “arms race”

Chapter Three of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here This chapter then delves into the problems and dangers around the haste and hubris of prioritizing winning this so called race and generating this unrealistic hype around AI chatbots, consequences can be dealt with later, if they can. Again, this publication is delving into these two examples of text to image generation and the … Continue reading The AI “arms race”

Amazing Artificial Intelligence*

*But at the cost of ethics, theft, racist algorithms, invasion of privacy, and violation of rights?  by Mary Louise Malig Read the publication in full here Contents: IntroductionI. What is Artificial Intelligence?II. The controversy of AI art theftIII. The AI “arms race”IV. The urgency for policies to protect peopleV. Afterthoughts Introduction Science fiction books, movies and pop culture have made the term or concept “artificial … Continue reading Amazing Artificial Intelligence*

The urgency for policies to protect people

Chapter Four of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here The potential for both good and harm by automated systems, new technologies and Artificial Intelligence has been well documented and examples for both sides abound. In this publication alone, a very small slice of those examples had been touched upon, both the good and the harm. There are already lawsuits being filed and civil … Continue reading The urgency for policies to protect people

The controversy of AI art theft

Chapter Two of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here This chapter will go into the controversy around the AI tools being used to generate images from text, the issue of where those images were taken from, data laundering and the absolute lack of consent from billions of artists. Before delving into this second chapter, it is important to note that this publication is … Continue reading The controversy of AI art theft

What is Artificial Intelligence

Chapter One of Amazing Artificial Intelligence* Read the publication in full here As stated in the introduction, Artificial Intelligence or AI for short is generally defined as the general ability of computers to emulate human thought and perform tasks in real-world environments – such as perceiving, analyzing, understanding and collating for synthesizing. Or as the Oxford dictionary defines it more technically, Artificial Intelligence is the theory … Continue reading What is Artificial Intelligence

Decoding the digital economy

by Mary Louise Malig Read the publication in full here Content:IntroductionScope of the Digital EconomyThe Platform EconomyThe Value of DataThe Technology of the Digital WorldPreliminary conclusions and Afterthoughts Introduction Have you ever taken a ride in an Uber or Lyft? Do you have a room or apartment that you have registered as a place to rent out on AirBnB? Have you ever bought and downloaded … Continue reading Decoding the digital economy

Preliminary conclusions and Afterthoughts

There is no doubt that the digital economy is vast and complex and with the rapid changes in technology that impacts various elements, the understanding of all its moving parts is therefore a challenge in and of itself. The innovations that led to even more progress in new technologies, infrastructure, software, programs, algorithms, blockchain technologies and information, communications technologies, have had and continue to have … Continue reading Preliminary conclusions and Afterthoughts

The Technology of the Digital World

Innovation has moved forward the development of new digital technologies, improvement of older models of software or hardware, and research and development for even more, keeping up with the growth of the digital economy. There are many new digital technologies, but for this paper, we have selected a few key ones that are critical in enabling the digital economy and serve as the building blocks … Continue reading The Technology of the Digital World

The Value of Data

It is quite important to note that all the issues discussed in the preceding chapters on digital platforms, the digital economy and all the layers to it, that none of that would be possible without data. In the digital economy, data is the new oil. It is an extremely valuable resource that fuels the whole system. Data is not only valuable to the corporations that … Continue reading The Value of Data

The Platform Economy

Digital platforms are best described as a technology based space which facilitates the meeting and matching of individuals or businesses that would not have otherwise met. For example, a digital platform, using its data driven infrastructure and operations, is able to then more effectively bring together sellers and consumers who have the same interests and are suited for each other. There are two types of … Continue reading The Platform Economy

Scope of the Digital Economy

A traditional economy is generally defined as: “An economy is the large set of inter-related production and consumption activities that aid in determining how scarce resources are allocated. In an economy, the production and consumption of goods and services are used to fulfill the needs of those living and operating within it.” [4] Resources generally referring to natural resources such as oil, gas, minerals, and … Continue reading Scope of the Digital Economy

What happened to the industrialization of lithium in Bolivia?

By José Carlos Solón More than a decade ago, the lithium industrialization process began in the salt flat in Uyuni, Bolivia. The formula to industrialize lithium in Bolivia has its roots in the National Development Plan (NDP) Bolivia with Dignity, Sovereignty, Productive and Democratic way to Live Well (NDP, 2006-2011) that marked the strategic guidelines of the Bolivian government of then President Evo Morales. That … Continue reading What happened to the industrialization of lithium in Bolivia?