Speaking at at the 2011 Mexico City conference, AS/COA President and CEO Susan Segal spoke about Mexico's environmental accomplishments and the country's positioning as a destination for green investment.

As natural disasters impact crop yields and global food prices continue to rise, experts worry that food scarcity will continue to haunt Latin America’s poor and vulnerable in 2011.

The Cancun climate talks that closed December 10 achieved near unanimity compared to the discord at last year's Copenhagen conference. But many observers call the COP16 agreement "modest" and debate its long-term viability.

Torrential downpours led the three countries to declare states of emergency, though how each handled the challenge differs.

As President Felipe Calderón’s begins his fifth year in office, security and climate change are at the forefront of his agenda.

Colombian singer Shakira Mebarak brings her advocacy for early childhood development to the stage and to government leaders in Latina America and around the world.

Long seen as a model for environmentalism, Costa Rica signed a debt-for-nature deal that could put it on the global map in terms of meeting conservation targets.