Panama's commitment to fight climate change seems convincing, given its ratification of the Paris Accord and its proposal to host a world emissions reductions center, but there is a gap between this foreign policy issue and the way it's handling things at home. On the one hand, Panama is signing agreements and on the other it is approving the expansion of power plants. The protected ecosystems cannot survive in an isolated manner because "the territory is like the human body, it's interconnected," said Espitia. Biologist Isaias Ramos, with the Environmental Impact Center-Panama, attributes the lack of action to bureaucratic "a lack of coordination." So far, 60 states comprising slightly more than 47.5 percent of global emissions have joined the Paris Accord, including Panama, just shy of the threshold for the pact's entry into force.

Source: Fox News September 25, 2016 21:56 UTC