Latin Americans Forge Ahead with CO2 Reduction Plans

Climate change legislation is blazing a path across Latin America in what analysts say is one of the most promising trends on the horizon for action against global warming.

Over the past year, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia and Peru have all either passed or announced an intent to legislate major new policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the impacts of climate-sparked weather disasters.

The spark, lawmakers and others agreed, was lit after Mexico approved landmark legislation in 2012.  That bill -- the first national climate law by a developing country -- mandates cutting emissions 30 percent below business-as-usual levels by the end of this decade.

Latin Americans Forge Ahead with CO2 Reduction Plans