Brazil

The Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’

Environmental and Indigenous activists say the railway, if it proceeds, will unleash an explosion of carbon and further imperil the world’s biggest and most climate-critical rainforest.

By Georgina Gustin

Latin America Faces ‘Hydrological Whiplash’ as Climate Risks Mount

By Bob Berwyn

Amazon Deforestation at Eight-Year Low, Report Shows

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Grasslands and Wetlands Are Being Gobbled Up By Agriculture, Mostly Livestock

By Georgina Gustin

Protesters Target Cargill at One of the Company’s Major Amazonian Ports

By Georgina Gustin

Scenes From an Unfolding Climate Drama

Story and photos by Bob Berwyn

Days After COP30, Brazil Weakened Amazon Safeguards

By Bob Berwyn

COP30 Backpedals on Climate Action

By Bob Berwyn

As COP30 Unfolds in the Amazon, Brazil Is Drilling for Oil Near the Great Amazon Reef System

By Teresa Tomassoni

Extreme Heat, Leaks and Security Issues Roil COP30

By Bob Berwyn

Built to Fail: Rules at UN Climate Talks Favor the Status Quo, Not Progress

By Bob Berwyn

Poor Air, Glaring Lights and Stress Could Hobble COP30 Climate Talks

By Bob Berwyn

‘Hurtling Toward Climate Chaos’ as COP30 Nears

By Bob Berwyn

Will COP30 Finally Prioritize Indigenous Voices?

By Liza Gross

An Average Week in 2024: Three Environmental Defenders Murdered or Disappeared

By Katie Surma

‘Where’s the Money Going?’: Why Brazilian Towns Awash With Royalties From Oil Are Still Among the Poorest

By Rafael Oliveira, Agência Pública and the Guardian

UN Human Rights Experts and Scientists Urge Brazil’s President to Veto a Law That Would Cut Environmental Reviews

By Bob Berwyn

Want To Fight Climate Change? Give Afro-Descendant Communities Land Rights, New Report Says

By Katie Surma

Brazil’s Last Asbestos Miners Are Switching To Rare Earth Minerals. Can They Offer a Brighter Future?

By Isabel Seta, Agência Pública and the Guardian