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Unsustainable security
In 2015, the United Nations (UN) promulgated the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which sets out 17 goals that seek the integral well-being of nature and people, hand in hand with the Social...
COP 28 results
The Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are highly anticipated events. For those who optimistically follow the issues at stake in...
Green gold, not Black: on the exploitation of fossil fuels in Costa Rica
The exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in Costa Rica are issues that are not to be ignored. They are there, latent, until they become relevant, as has happened during the last few months....
COP28: Climate Justice and the Global South
The much-anticipated United Nations Climate Change Conference 2023, known as COP28, currently underway in the United Arab Emirates, arrives at a tumultuous yet crucial moment for international...
An environmental ultrasound
Today we have the privilege of observing, through an ultrasound, the development of a life in gestation. Ultrasound is not only a magical window to the invisible world of the womb, but it also...
Environmental and social risk management in credit portfolios
For over a decade, several Costa Rican financial institutions, both public and private, have incorporated processes to manage the environmental and social risk of their loan portfolios. The vast...
A pond of fish
In September 2023, a job advertisement was published on social networks by the Canadian-owned AGF Groupe, a company specializing in structural and post-tensioning steel. The ad, placed through an...
Playing with fire
In 2023, the Social Protection Board (SPB) has led to many of the news stories reported by the traditional media, including a cumulative award of more than $2.5 million, changes in the awarding of...
The Mukbang trend: doubts, implications and reflections
Eating is not only a physiological need, but also an experience that allows us to taste, recognize flavors and connect with other people. Eating in the company of family or friends causes us to...
Get on the ferry
A few days ago, the bridge connecting two countries separated by more than 700 kilometers was officially opened. This bridge is not made of concrete or steel, but of water. To cross it, the Blue...
The rules of the period
From the time we are children, we begin to ask ourselves: what do we want to be when we grow up? Many options go through our heads, regardless of the culture, traditions or group in which we have...
Olympic deicing
The Winter Olympic Games have become an international multi-sport event organized every four years by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). These games are focused on the practice of snow and...