Costa Rica pulls back on U.N.-backed climate agreement named in its honor
Published on: Wednesday 01 February 2023
By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica's Congress on Wednesday blocked the country's ratification of a U.N.-backed environmental treaty named after one of the Central American country's municipalities, after it lost support from the administration. The treaty, known as the Escazu Agreement, was signed in the Escazu area west of Costa Rica's capital in 2018, when Carlos Alvarado was