Brazil
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BrazilCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesJurisdictions
Bolsonaro Holds Fast on Defence of Big Ag, Calls Rainforest Defenders a ‘Cancer’
While Brazil could gain two million jobs, US$535 billion in GDP, and 12 million hectares of restored pastureland by “building back better” from the ... -
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Record Offshore Wind Spending Keeps Renewables Investment ‘Resilient’ through Pandemic
Global investment in offshore wind development quadrupled over the first half of this year, with US$35 billion pouring into 28 new projects, despite the ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureMethane
Siberian Wildfires Release 59 Mt of CO2 in June as Brazil Gets Set for Deliberate Burning
With temperatures up to 10°C warmer than normal, and dry soils that are ideal for wildfires, the Siberian Arctic released an unprecedented 59 megatonnes ... -
BrazilEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & Studies
Brazil’s Amazon Destruction Puts World’s Biggest Trade Deal at Risk
A year after it was finalized, a massive free trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur, a South American trade bloc comprising Brazil, ... -
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Global Meat Industry Facing Emissions Reckoning
Currently reeling from the radical readjustment of global eating habits that has accompanied the pandemic, the international meat industry is facing another near-future reckoning ... -
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As Morneau Walks ‘Tightrope’, Analysis Shows Canada’s COVID Recovery Favouring Fossils
A weekend analysis piece on CBC News lays out the “tightrope” Finance Minister Bill Morneau is walking as he tries to manage the economic ... -
BrazilDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited StatesWater
Drought Forces Puerto Rico to Limit Water Access During Pandemic Response
Still far from recovered from its ravaging by Hurricane María in 2017, Puerto Rico is now struggling under drought conditions, with water woes made ... -
AustraliaBrazilCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Fossils Hit ‘Turning Point’ as Shell Follows BP in Declaring Stranded Assets
The coronavirus pandemic may have produced a tipping point in the transition off fossil fuels, with two colossal fossils declaring in the last two ... -
AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrought, Famine & WildfiresForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesSouth & Central America
New Study Shows Forests Growing Shorter, Dying Younger, Storing Less Carbon
The world’s forests are growing shorter, dying younger, and storing drastically less carbon due to the combined effects of climate change and illegal logging, ... -
AfricaAsiaBatteries/StorageBrazilCarbon-Free TransitionChinaCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastOff-GridOil & GasShale & FrackingSolarUnited StatesWind
Solar, Wind Are Cheapest New Power Sources for Two-Thirds of World Population
Solar and wind are now the cheapest source of new electricity for at least two-thirds of the world’s population, with prices coming in at ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBrazilDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyUnited States
Brazilian Deforestation Plants the Seeds for Future Pandemics
As Brazil’s current leader continues to champion the deforestation of the Amazon, experts are warning that such destruction is planting the seeds for the ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Indigenous Approaches Could Support Ecological Health in the Amazon
A flurry of news reports earlier this year suggested that the future of the Amazon—and, therefore, of the planet—would be in good hands if ... -
AfricaAsiaBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Forests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesSoil & Natural SequestrationSouth & Central America
Tropical Forests Lose One-Third of Carbon Storage Ability, Could Soon Become Carbon Source
Tropical forests have lost much of their ability to pull carbon dioxide out of the air, and could begin turning into net carbon sources ... -
BrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Forests & DeforestationLegal & Regulatory
Brazil Fires Top Climate Policy Staff, Calling Paris Commitment Into Further Doubt
The environment ministry in Brazil has fired the director and deputy director responsible for its climate change programs, at a moment when the international ... -
Carbon Storage Speeds Up in Boreal Forests, Declines in Tropics as Deforestation Takes Its Toll
The world’s boreal forests are absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at faster rates, at the same time that tropical forests are becoming less ...
