Eight dead as heavy rain thrashes Brazil after long drought
At least eight people died after heavy rains in Brazil, authorities said Saturday, as storms swept parts of the country ...
The New York Times19d
An ‘Elegant’ Idea Could Pay Billions to Protect Trees
Brazil is proposing a fund that would pay countries to protect tropical forests that are crucial to curbing climate change. It would generate returns, too. By Manuela Andreoni What if financial ...
Rains may have come too late for Brazil's coffee
Rain is falling across the coffee growing regions of top producer Brazil after one of the driest periods on record, but it ...
Project Syndicate18d
Brazil’s Climate Push Must Start at Home
As the current G20 president and host of next year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, Brazil has sought to establish itself as a global climate leader. But to have the biggest impact, Luiz ...
Brazil Arab News Agency11d
Brazil’s challenges as a key climate player
Brazil has the conditions to be a global leader in the fight against climate change, yet it is faced with challenges that ...
PBS27d
WATCH: Brazil’s Lula calls for greater climate action, cites Amazon wildfires
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opened the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday with a call for the world to do more to combat climate change. He mentioned the ...
Indigenous groups in Brazil weren’t consulted in major carbon credits deal
The deal foresees the purchase of up to 12 million tons of carbon credits generated by reducing deforestation in Para between ...
Phys.org27d
Brazil must reinforce protection of forests to meet climate change mitigation goals, study warns
As a signatory to the Paris Agreement, negotiated at the 2015 UN climate change conference in France, Brazil undertook to help keep global warming at or below 1.5 °C compared with the ...
Newsweek28d
Brazil's Lula to Talk Climate at U.N. but Amazon Wildfires Undermine Message
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is set to open the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday with a call for global action against climate change. The 79th annual gathering of world ...