Credenciales y experiencia
- Formación: Economista, Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia).
- Experiencia: Cubriendo medio ambiente y desarrollo sustentable desde 2013.
- Manejo de datos: investigación y explotación directa de las bases de datos de los grandes centros de investigación internacionales — Banco Mundial, FAO, Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS), Naciones Unidas y OCDE.
- Enfoque: traducir esos datos a un formato simple y gráfico — tablas, mapas y visualizaciones que permitan entender de un vistazo la situación ambiental de cada país.
- Publicaciones: 210 artículos publicados en Desarrollo Sustentable desde 2013, incluidas 163 fichas de recursos naturales por país.
- Ubicación: Medellín, Colombia.
Cómo se obtienen, verifican y actualizan estos datos: metodología y política editorial. Para correcciones o consultas: juanmonto5@hotmail.com.
Sustainable Development Actions: What Each Sector of Society Can Do
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Sustainable Products and Greenwashing: Marketing or Reality?
It is hard for consumers to tell whether a product is truly sustainable, because many companies exaggerate or lie about its environmental benefits. One example is Volkswagen, which promoted its diesel cars as greener while, as revealed in 2015, it had rigged the engine software of about 11 million vehicles to cheat emissions tests. Looking…
Sustainable Development in Argentina: Trends and Key Figures
Sustainable development in Argentina shows clear strengths and clear shortcomings. How does the country measure up? It has great biodiversity, and its protected areas cover 8.8% of its land area, but fossil fuels still generated 58% of its electricity in 2025, and it ranked 81st in the 2024 Environmental Performance Index. To analyze sustainable development…
Sustainable Economic Development: Meaning, Challenges and Strategies
Sustainable economic development is a model that integrates economic, social and environmental goals to maximize human well-being without compromising future generations. What does sustainable economic development mean in practice? Its main goal is to reduce absolute poverty while minimizing the degradation of natural resources, relying on strategies such as energy efficiency and renewable energy. The…
Causes of Global Warming: What Drives Climate Change
What causes global warming? The main cause is greenhouse gases, which trap the sun’s heat as they build up in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide accounts for 66% of the warming effect (radiative forcing) of long-lived greenhouse gases, followed by methane at 16% and nitrous oxide at 6% (NOAA, 2024). In 2024 the planet recorded its…
Sustainable Development in Chile: Progress and Challenges
Sustainable development in Chile is advancing, although environmental challenges remain. How well positioned is the country? It ranks 41st out of 177 countries in the 2026 Environmental Performance Index, the best position in Latin America, and in 2025 renewable energy generated about 66% of its electricity, compared with 34% from fossil fuels. Chile is one…
Climate Change in Mexico: Effects and Consequences
Climate change in Mexico is already being felt, and it will intensify in the coming decades. What consequences does it have for the country? In 2002, 44.9% of its soils were already degraded, at least 2,678 species are at risk according to CONABIO, and between 1970 and 2025 the country recorded an average of 7,095…
Sustainable Urban Development: What It Is, Features and Examples
Sustainable urban development is the development of urban spaces so that they do not depend excessively on rural areas and can meet present needs without compromising those of future generations. What does sustainable urban development mean in practice? Reducing a city’s ecological footprint through renewable energy, mass transit and recycling. Today, cities are home to…
Climate Change in Colombia: Effects and Consequences
Climate change hits Colombia hard because of the country’s location and ecological wealth. What consequences does it bring for the country? According to the IPCC, sea level rose 0.20 m between 1901 and 2018; coastal erosion is already visible, and IDEAM projects that temperatures in Colombia could rise by 2.14 °C by 2100 if emissions…
Environmental Problems and Solutions: The Sustainable Development Path
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own. What does sustainable development propose in response to the ecological problem? Economic growth that conserves the environment and uses resources rationally. Between 1950 and 2015, humanity manufactured some 8,300 million tonnes of plastic;…
