Brazil
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AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementFirst PeoplesForests & Deforestation
Political Risk to Tropical Rainforests Could Mean More Destruction, Higher Emissions
Political uncertainty hangs over large swaths of the world’s tropical forests this year, raising the risk of more destruction and carbon emissions. -
AsiaBrazilEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesSouth & Central America
WTO Chief Denies Trade Impact on Climate Despite His Own Agency’s Findings
When the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) says trade has no impact on the environment or climate, we should all be worried. ... -
Bolsonaro Decree Erodes Indigenous Rights as New Government Takes Power
In a decree issued hours after his inauguration as Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro moved to undercut Indigenous rights by shifting authority over new reserves ... -
BrazilCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate DenialClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportPost-Carbon Transition
The Hard Work Starts Now as COP Delivers Incomplete Rule Book, Low Ambition
After two weeks of marathon negotiations ended with a deeply equivocal, incremental response to the global climate crisis, COP 24 in Katowice, Poland ended ... -
AsiaAustraliaBrazilCanadaDrive to 1.5EuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionUnited StatesWind
Global Wind Industry on Track to Grow 680 Gigawatts Over 10 Years
The global wind industry is on track to deliver more than 680 gigawatts (680 billion watts) of new capacity over the next decade, according ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaAustraliaBiodiversity & HabitatBrazilCanadaForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
Holthaus Urges ‘Global Endangered Species Act on Steroids’ to Protect World’s Wildlife
In the wake of the “gut punch” of a report last month by World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) that confirmed a ... -
BrazilClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Forests & DeforestationHuman Rights & MigrationNational Plans & Responses
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Appoints Anti-Globalist Climate Denier as Foreign Minister
Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has named an anti-globalist diplomat to lead on foreign affairs and his country’s relationship to the Paris Agreement. -
AsiaBrazilCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaCoalDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentMiddle EastNational Plans & ResponsesOil & Gas
Canada Posts Highest Per Capita Emissions as G20 Falls Short on Climate Action
Governments in 19 of the world’s 20 biggest economies—including Canada—are still paying closer attention to fossil lobbyists than their own scientists’ advice, and are ... -
AustraliaBiodiversity & HabitatBrazilCanadaChinaDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansSoil & Natural SequestrationSouth & Central AmericaUnited States
Habitat Loss, Over-Exploitation Drive Loss of 60% of World’s Wildlife in 44 Years
Habitat loss and over-exploitation, followed by climate change, are among the key factors that have led to the loss of 60% of the world’s ... -
BrazilClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesForests & Deforestation
‘We Shall Be the Resistance’, Brazil Climate Hawks Declare, as Bolsonaro Sweeps to Power
In an extraordinary statement on Jair Bolsonaro’s presidential election win yesterday, the Brazil Climate Observatory is vowing to help pull the far-right, seven-term member ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBrazilClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHuman Rights & MigrationHydro
New Brazil President Would Target Forests and First Peoples, Eliminate Environment Ministry, Quit Paris
No more Paris Agreement. No more ministry of environment. A paved highway cutting through the Amazon.
