‘Brazil must act now on storage regulation’

Brazil faces an energy paradox. On the one hand, it boasts one of the cleanest energy mixes in the world, with 85% of its electricity coming from renewable energy sources anchored by solar and wind power. Much of that clean energy, however, is...

DeBriefed 3 October 2025: UK political gap on climate widens; Fossil-fuelled Typhoon Ragasa; ‘Overshoot’ unknowns

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. Shattered climate consensus FRACKING BAN: UK energy secretary Ed Miliband has announced that the government will bring forward its...

China’s Climate Push Is An Economic Power Play

CHANGCHUN, CHINA - MAY 28: (CHINA OUT) An investor views stock prices on monitors at a securities company on May 28, 2007 in Changchun of Jilin Province, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images) Getty Images While climate policy in major...

Palsgaard Brazil names Miguel Hidalgo as new CEO  

BRAZIL – Global emulsifier and stabiliser specialist Palsgaard has appointed Miguel Hidalgo as its new Chief Executive Officer in Brazil, strengthening its leadership team in one of Latin America’s most dynamic food markets. Hidalgo officially...

Why ethics must be at the heart of global climate action 

Manuel Pulgar-Vidal is WWF’s Global Climate and Energy Lead and a former Peruvian environment minister and President of COP20 in Lima in 2014 In 2015, the world celebrated the Paris Agreement as a landmark in the global fight against climate...

The ICJ climate ruling has major implications for the loss and damage fund

Next week’s seventh meeting of the board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) in Manila presents a critical moment for a course correction. The fund’s establishment in 2022 was hailed by climate justice advocates. However, three...

World News | India, Brazil Hold Strategic Dialogue in New Delhi to Deepen Cooperation

New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met Ambassador Celso Amorim, Special Advisor to the President of Brazil, in New Delhi. Sharing details of the meeting in a post on X, he wrote, "A pleasure...

Hotel prices make countries consider skipping COP30 climate summit

BRUSSELS - Dozens of countries have yet to secure accommodation at November’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil and some delegates are considering staying away as a shortage of hotels has driven prices to hundreds of dollars per night. Small island...

Hotel prices make countries to consider skipping COP30 climate summit

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Dozens of countries have yet to secure accommodation at next month’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil and some delegates are considering staying away as a shortage of hotels has driven prices to hundreds of dollars...

Land, biodiversity, life: Stories of Brazil’s nature defenders

Published: Yesterday By Andre Cabette Fabio As Context’s climate and nature correspondent based in Brazil, much of my reporting is connected to the rights of people who live in Brazil’s biodiverse areas, such as Indigenous groups, Afro-descent...

Brazil’s Long Game: Morgan Stanley’s Case for a 20–30 Year Industrial Strategy

Brazil, says Morgan Stanley’s Renato Grandmont, is underperforming its potential because it lacks one thing markets can’t supply: a 20–30-year industrial policy that survives elections. In plain terms, companies won’t bet billions on factories,...

The World is Banking on Planting Billions of Trees to Slow Climate Change But the Math Doesn’t Add Up

Credit: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Josep “Pep” Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Project, says he believes countries large and small need to think twice before pledging to collectively plant billions...

Make green great again: Can appeals to the wallet make climate policy an election-winner?

At stuffy United Nations press conferences, in swanky auditoriums and at sticky socialist dance parties, one word was on everyone’s lips at this year’s Climate Week NYC: affordability. The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, said under that under...

Hilda pushes climate action

President Hilda C. Heine delivered a statement at the Global Climate Adaptation Action: Shaping Resilient Futures event, hosted by the Global Center on Adaptation on the sidelines of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New...

Brazil’s CONAMA Standardizes Rules for Issuance of Authorizations for Suppression of Native Vegetation on Rural Properties

On September 16, 2025, Brazil’s National Environmental Council (CONAMA) published Resolution No. 510/2025, which establishes technical criteria, validity conditions, transparency, integration, and disclosure requirements related to the issuance of...

Micronesia calls for Climate urgency, Oceans Protection and global justice at…

Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Wesley W. Simina used his address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly last week to demand urgent climate action, stronger protections for oceans, and meaningful reform of the UN Security...

Upbeat for Malawi ahead Brazil’s COP30 summit

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change, Dr Yusuf Mkungula has urged those scheduled to attend Thirtieth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

AI investment craze faces sustainability test amid soaring costs

SAN FRANCISCO: The artificial intelligence investment frenzy continues with staggering sums despite uncertain returns on these enormous commitments. Nvidia recently announced a $100 billion investment to help OpenAI build data centers as part of...

PM 1,318: The Special Tax Regime for Data Centers (REDATA) from Tax, Environmental, and Energy Perspectives

In September, Provisional Measure No. 1,318 was published, establishing the Special Tax Regime for Data Center Services (REDATA). The Federal Government had outlined the main features of the program earlier this year, and the measure is overall...

Brazil poised to lead global robusta coffee farming on expansion potential, report says

By Marcelo Teixeira (Reuters) -Brazil is positioning itself to overtake Vietnam as the world’s largest robusta coffee producer, driven by the crop’s climate resilience and growing global demand, according to a report by Dutch bank Rabobank...