A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. It aims to ease ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

Expectations have shifted since Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s initial bid three years ago to bring the ...

Brazil struggles to reassure countries that hotels will be available and affordable at November’s pivotal climate conference ...

COP30, which will be held in Belém, Brazil, has been hit by revelations that a new road to service the conference is slicing ...

Tree rings in the Amazon reveal intensifying rainfall extremes, with wetter wet seasons and drier dry seasons, reshaping ...

Brazil is pursuing significant oil and gas expansion plans despite its role as host of the COP30 climate summit, raising concerns about its commitment to environmental policies.

XINGUARA, Brazil -Decades of ranching in the Amazon have earned Roque Quagliato, Brazil’s “King of Cattle,” great wealth – and some trouble. His family's immense farms were accused of submitting ...

Earth is just three years from exhausting its 1.5°C carbon budget as emissions stay high and climate impacts accelerate ...

Brazil sold extraction rights to 19 oil and gas blocks near the mouth of the Amazon river Tuesday, at an auction slammed by ...

The climate crisis demands urgent action by governments to reduce emissions and to transition to new renewable energy systems ...

Brazil’s environmental goals suffered a major setback in May as deforestation in the Amazon surged 92% compared to the same month last year, according to official monitoring data. The ...