Updates on Brazil's environmental impact — because what happens here affects the planet.
Brazil Climate
Aug 14, 2025
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4 min read
Despite making a raft of vetoes to the controversial ‘Devastation Bill,’ one risky concession from President Lula is set to considerably weaken Brazil’s environmental licensing framework.
Aug 7, 2025
Drug gangs have seized control over large swaths of the Brazilian rainforest.
Jul 31, 2025
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Higher temperatures are impacting agriculture, driving grocery costs up. And higher food prices increase public dissatisfaction and cause political disruptions.
Jul 24, 2025
Brazil's national conservation system has turned 25 years old, but it is under threat from persistent political pressures and the ongoing climate emergency.
Jul 17, 2025
Biomethane is one of Brazil’s bets for the energy transition, harnessing and capturing this particularly potent greenhouse gas.
Jul 10, 2025
Partial data suggests that Brazil’s all-important 2024-25 annual Amazon deforestation figure could show an increase, instead of the promised reduction.
Jul 3, 2025
With Brazil’s environmental credentials under pressure, we look at how much greenhouse gas Brazil emits, and how its emissions profile compares to other countries around the world
Jun 26, 2025
Negotiators make timid progress at the UN climate meetings in Bonn, which will lay the groundwork for much of the topics to be discussed at COP30 in Belém
Jun 19, 2025
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Despite protests, Tuesday’s auction saw the area of the Amazon River Mouth basin sold to oil companies increase by 285%.
Jun 12, 2025
The Brazilian government hopes to attract big bucks with a new tax incentive policy for data centers, but it has completely ignored the environmental risks of these projects.
Jun 5, 2025
The Lula government promised security improvements in the Javari Valley indigenous land, where organized crime runs rampant and Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira were murdered three years ago. But local leaders say the situation is just as bad as it was in 2022
May 29, 2025
How the story of one endemic parrot can hold the key to preserving one of Brazil’s most important and biodiverse biomes
May 22, 2025
A bill approved by the Senate waives the need for environmental licensing for a number of potentially destructive endeavors. Environmentalists call the move one of the biggest setbacks in recent history
May 15, 2025
A report from satellite monitoring platform MapBiomas shows that deforestation either fell sharply or remained stable in all of Brazil’s biomes. And the Cerrado remains the country’s hotspot for vegetation loss
May 8, 2025
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A project involving scientists from 13 countries has drilled deep underground in an attempt to date the Amazon basin and figure out how it became such a haven for biodiversity
May 1, 2025
Despite the risks of drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River, local governments in northern Brazil argue oil exploration is the way toward prosperity — but has that worked out elsewhere in the country?
