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Brazil Climate

Sep 3, 2026

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😰 Bracing for El Niño

Federal agencies say the 2026-27 event could be the strongest since 1950. The health system has a plan. The dredges are, once again, running late.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Climate

Aug 27, 2026

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7 min read

🏜️ Fewer droughts, but worse ones

A new study projects that dry spells in the Paraíba do Sul basin — the water source for more than 20 million people — will grow longer and far more severe.

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Brazil Climate

Aug 20, 2026

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5 min read

🐟 Mariana's long tail

Anomalies turned up in 60.5% of the otoliths sampled at the mouth of the São Mateus River, more than double the previous national high.

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Brazil Climate

Aug 13, 2026

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6 min read

🌳 Right on paper, gone in practice

Justices upheld the agreement's validity but said a private pact cannot bind state action. But states were also allowed to withhold tax breaks from companies that take part.

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Brazil Climate

Aug 6, 2026

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5 min read

💦 Flying rivers, drying up

Amazon deforestation is linked to falling rainfall in the Iguaçu River basin, the hydrological engine of southern Brazil's economy

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Brazil Climate

Jul 30, 2026

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6 min read

💨 Off-season storm

Rare July windstorms killed five people and cut power to half a million properties, days after Brasília unveiled a package built for a slower kind of disaster.

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Brazil Climate

Jul 23, 2026

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5 min read

🌡️ The heat tax

A new study puts a number on what three decades of warming cost Brazilian agriculture — and finds the damage concentrated exactly where the country can least absorb it.

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Brazil Climate

Jul 16, 2026

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5 min read

⚠️ Not worth a dam

The country's 2026 dam-safety audit shows an expanding inventory, a shrinking inspection workforce and a budget moving the wrong way.

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Brazil Climate

Jul 9, 2026

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4 min read

♻️ Green job mirage

A new study finds green activities have been stuck since 2014 — and the workers most exposed to decarbonization are the least prepared for it.

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Brazil Climate

Jul 2, 2026

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4 min read

🐮 Holy cow

Brazil signed onto an initiative targeting fossil-fuel leaks. Its real methane emergency is elsewhere.

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Brazil Climate

Jun 25, 2026

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4 min read

🧳 Tourist tax

A Brazilian Alpine destination joins a global tourist-tax wave

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Brazil Climate

Jun 18, 2026

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5 min read

♻️ Shades of green

A major Brazilian airline has been found liable for misleading customers about its carbon-offset program — and more suits are expected to follow

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Brazil Climate

Jun 11, 2026

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7 min read

🌡️ Fever pitch

Severe heat and climate matters are set to be central to the 2026 World Cup, which kicks off today in the US, Mexico and Canada.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

Jun 4, 2026

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7 min read

⛏️ The gold rush poisoning the Amazon

Illegal gold mining can devastate protected lands and poison indigenous communities. Brazil's federal government wants to clean it up, but Congress may have other ideas.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

🚜 The ‘unimaginable setback’ of Agro Week

May 28, 2026

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🚜 The ‘unimaginable setback’ of Agro Week

Brazil’s agro caucus pushed through a quartet of bills last week, weakening environmental oversight. We take them apart, and explain why the industry may have shot itself in the foot.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

May 21, 2026

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7 min read

🌡️ A ‘Super’ El Niño?

Forecast models are showing an increasing probability of a severe El Niño event forming this year. What does that mean for Brazil, and is the country prepared?

Euan Marshall

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