Villavieja’s main square in Huila, where the Parque Solar Villavieja project is planned as Colombia’s next major utility-scale solar development. Credit: SajoR, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons. Huila will soon add a new headline to its map: solar panels, lots of them. A massive project called Parqu
Representatives from the National Government, international cooperation agencies, and the private sector signed the commitment to Misión Nuquí, a development plan for the Choco region. Credit: Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo.Nuquí is the kind of place that makes people whisper, “How is t
Professor Elisabeth Restrepo Parra (center) and her team from the National University of Colombia in Manizales won the 2025 National Inventor Prize for their organic battery prototype. Credit: Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales.When people talk about clean energy, they usually picture w
Wind turbines at Cabo de la Vela, Uribia, in La Guajira, a region central to Colombia’s wind energy plans. Credit: MirfakVelez_92, CC BY-SA 3.0In La Guajira, wind is not just weather; it is a resource with promises attached. Windpeshi, a large wind farm planned between Uribia and Maicao, returned to
The split would cause, at the same time, the formation of a new ocean. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.Geologists around the world are highlighting a dramatic, albeit slow-moving, transformation beneath the surface of the African continent: Africa might be splitting in two. In an extraordinary process tha
Ecopetrol’s planned green hydrogen plant at the Cartagena refinery is expected to produce up to 800 tons of green hydrogen a year from 2026, powered by a 5 MW electrolyzer and a 22 MW solar farm. Credit: Ecopetrol / Presidency of Colombia.Cartagena is known for beaches and history, but a new project
Spectacle bears are an endangered species, and they are a symbol of the preservation of Colombian Andean forests. Credit: Tambako the jaguar-cc-by-nd-2Tamá — a male Andean (spectacled) bear rescued as a cub in 2014 and the subject of a nationwide conservation campaign — died during a transfer to his
Ocaña, in Norte de Santander, a key region in Colombia’s growing solar push tied to projects such as Petalo del Norte I. Credit: Wiki 73 (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia CommonsColombia’s energy map just got a bright new dot. In the hills of Norte de Santander, Petalo del Norte I switched on, bringing c
Hidroituango (Ituango) dam under construction in Antioquia, a key project expected to reach full generation by 2028. Credit: Algorithmix (CC0) via Wikimedia Commons.The wait is finally almost over for Colombia’s most ambitious infrastructure project. After years of uncertainty, technical challenges,
A female Anopheles mosquito feeding, illustrating the critical moment of contact where malaria parasites — or potentially new biological control agents — enter the equation. Photo: CDC / James Gathany, 2014 / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.The fight against malaria in the Amazon often feels lik
Coendou vossi, the new porcupine species endemic to Colombia, photographed in dry forest habitat — a reminder of how much biodiversity remains hidden in the country’s branches and why Magdalena valley and Caribbean forests need stronger protection. Photo: Omar Daniel Leon Alvarado / Instituto Humbol
Two new species of Priocharax rex. Credit: Giovanna Guimarães Silva Lopez / Open AccessIn a remote corner of Colombia’s Amazon rainforest, researchers have identified a tiny fish species with a body structure never documented before. The fish, named Priocharax rex, is just under an inch long, but it
Colombia’s Choco rainforest is among the least known and most surprising, but this biodiversity paradise in under threat. Credit: Adriana Garcia, CC BY-SA 4.0Colombia is a country rich in biodiversity, largely due to the variety of ecosystems it hosts. One of the most remarkable and lesser-known is
The Colombian Amazon is home to more than 93 species of ornamental fish, many of which are highly valued in international trade. Credit: Swordw, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 / FlickrThe Colombian Amazon is a mosaic of biodiversity that amazes the world with the sheer number of species it harbors. In this corner
Tourism leaders present Tourism 4.0 at Colombia 4.0 in Bogota, showing how innovation and TravelTech are transforming sustainable tourism across Colombia’s regions. Photo: Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia (MinCIT), 2025.When people think of tech events, they usually imagine rob
Bogota metro construction advances along Avenida Caracas, reshaping the capital’s future urban mobility. Photo: Seferaz, 2025 / CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.For one week in November 2025, Universidad de los Andes stopped feeling like a quiet campus and turned into something closer to a tech fair.
Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), also known as the giant anaconda. Credit: MKAMPIS / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0Fossil remains discovered in northwestern Venezuela have revealed that ancient giant anacondas once lived in the region some 12.4 million years ago. The findings provide rare insigh
Christmas lights at Parques del Rio Medellin in 2022, showing how the River Park project turns former highway space into a vibrant public park along the Medellin River. Credit: XalD, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Anyone who has visited Medellin knows the river is everywhere. For years, though,
Bogotá is running out of time and landfill space. With the Doña Juana site nearing full capacity and waste-collection contracts set to expire in 2026, the city faces the most serious sanitation emergency in a decade. Credit: AP Colombia One Bogota is edging toward a sanitation crisis that local offi
Fresh produce area in a supermarket, reflecting how local fruits and vegetables can support sustainable gastronomy and responsible restaurant sourcing. Credit: Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Gastrofest 2025 turned Bogota and Cundinamarca into a long table where local flavor and sus
Colombia’s Petro acknowledged that he was “alone” in his rejection of the COP30 final declaration, which did not include the use of fossil fuels, and that “Trump won.” Credit: Joel González / Presidency of Colombia.The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, acknowledged after three weeks that he was
Simon Bolivar Park becomes Latin America’s first carbon-neutral urban landmark. Credit: Parque Simon Bolivar / Wikimedia Commons / Public DomainGood news for Colombia. Bogota’s Metropolitan Simon Bolivar Park has reached an environmental milestone that places the country at the forefront of urban su
Hayli Gubbi volcano. Credit: The Smithsonian InstitutionA long-dormant volcano in northeastern Ethiopia erupted this week for the first time in approximately 12,000 years, sending towering plumes of ash and smoke into the sky and across several neighboring countries. The eruption occurred at Hayli G
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro rejected the controversial final declaration of COP30 in Brazil for omitting the use of fossil fuels. Credit: Joel González / Presidency of Colombia.At the close of the COP30 climate summit, held in Belém (Brazil), Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivered a forc
