Focus on Govt of Brazil
UN climate summit set to go into overtime as talks stall over finance deal
Negotiators have been adrift in the last 24 hours, unable to soften their red lines or hammer out a landing ground.
G20 Leaders Summit 2024: Advancing the climate finance agenda
20 November 2024 • The G20 Leaders’ Summit in Rio de Janeiro proved multilateralism still prevails despite ongoing geopolitical rifts. • G20 leaders reaffirmed...
Biden will become the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon rainforest
Joe Biden will be the first U.S. president to visit the Amazon as climate change efforts face setbacks under Trump.
Solar power project in Brazil favelas hopes to shine in G20 spotlight
In Morro da Babilonia, Brazil, residents hope their local solar project will gain attention during Rio's G20 summit.
Brazil’s Tocantins state to offer $430 million in carbon credits
The value and number of carbon credits is contingent on the state successfully reducing deforestation.
Severe droughts threaten the sustainable catch of the Amazon’s giant fish
Record-breaking drought threatens Brazil's Amazon pirarucu fishery, cutting catch and raising costs.
Biden’s Amazon visit comes as US climate policy to shift under Trump
Biden will become the first U.S. president to visit the Brazilian Amazon, meeting with leaders to discuss its preservation.
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared to previous year
Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6 per cent compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday.
Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation
Mato Grosso ends incentives for the Soy Moratorium, challenging a key deforestation curb in Brazil’s Amazon since 2006.
BHP, Vale agree to pay $30bn compensation for Brazil dam disaster
BHP, Vale sign $30 billion deal with Brazil for 2015 dam collapse compensation, covering environmental damage and victim support.
