Peruvian farmer goes head to head with German energy giant in landmark climate case

Wednesday - A landmark climate lawsuit opens in a German court Monday, as a Peruvian farmer sues a German energy giant over the threat to his home from a mountain lake overflowing with glacier meltwater.

Brazil state hosting COP30 denies new road linked to climate summit

Tuesday - The Brazilian state hosting a United Nations climate summit this year has denied any connection between a new road cutting through a protected area of Brazilian rainforest and the COP30 summit that will gather world leaders in November.

Argentina declares three-day mourning as flood death toll rises to at least 16

14 Mar 25 - Argentina declared three days of national mourning following flash floods that claimed 16 lives in Bahia Blanca, where a year's rain fell within hours, inundating neighbourhoods.

Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit

13 Mar 25 - 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.

Risk of financial fallout may deter Argentina from leaving Paris Agreement

4 Mar 25 - Argentina's President Javier Milei has expressed his will to leave the global climate pact, but key trade partners and foreign aid may stand in the way.

Brazil will join OPEC+, group of oil-exporting nations, months before hosting UN climate summit

20 Feb 25 - Brazil's government on Tuesday approved joining OPEC+, a group of major oil-exporting nations, signalling the country's evolution into a major oil state just nine months ahead of hosting the United Nations' annual climate summit.

Brazil asks UN to ditch proposed levy on global shipping

19 Feb 25 - Brazil has asked the UN to throw out plans for a new levy on global shipping that would raise funds to fight the climate crisis, despite playing host to the next UN climate summit.

Intense heatwave in southern Brazil forces schools to suspend return

14 Feb 25 - Record highs delay start of classes in Rio Grande do Sul, where floods linked to climate crisis left 180 dead last May

Probe details the playbook of one of Amazon's top land grabbers

30 Jan 25 - Professional land grabbers operating in the Brazilian Amazon have sophisticated strategies to steal and deforest public lands and get away with it.

Climate change is disrupting food systems across Latin America, UN report says

29 Jan 25 - Violent weather exacerbated by climate change fuelled hunger and food insecurity across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, according to a new United Nations report.

Ecuador’s coastal ecosystems have rights, Constitutional Court rules

24 Jan 25 - The Constitutional Court of Ecuador has determined that coastal marine ecosystems have rights of nature, including the right to “integral respect for its existence and for the maintenance and...

Loggers and carbon projects forge odd partnerships in the Brazilian Amazon

10 Dec 24 - Brazil’s largest carbon credit scandal, which came to light in June after a major police raid, has cast doubt on the viability of REDD+ projects in the Brazilian Amazon.

Threatened by climate change, Panama Canal has big plans to combat drought

6 Dec 24 - The lush river valleys of El Zaino y La Arenosa in western Panama, home to hundreds of families that eke out a living farming, fishing and raising cattle, could soon be submerged by a massive...

Agribusiness-friendly states in Brazil try to undo forest protections

3 Dec 24 - Several states in Brazil are trying to rid themselves of rainforest protections, bowing to pressure from cattle ranchers and soybean growers to cut down trees and expand agriculture.

Brazil state to consult Indigenous people on carbon credits sale

18 Oct 24 - The government of the Brazilian state of Para in the Amazon will consult Indigenous communities on how they will benefit from the future sale of carbon offset credits that U.S. companies have agreed...

Deforestation remains low, but fires surge in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest

16 Oct 24 - The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has remained near a six-year low despite a surge in the number of fires burning in Earth’s largest rainforest.

Indigenous groups in Brazil: We were not consulted on carbon credits

14 Oct 24 - Indigenous organizations in the Brazilian state of Para said they were not consulted by the government before it signed a deal with multinational companies to sell carbon offset credits to support...

Drought has dried a major Amazon River tributary to its lowest level in over 122 years

10 Oct 24 - One of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country.

Amazon state that will host COP30 strikes largest carbon credit sale in history

9 Oct 24 - A coalition of developed countries and corporations has agreed to a massive purchase of carbon credits from the Amazon rainforest worth $180 million.

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