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Updates on Brazil's environmental impact — because what happens here affects the planet.

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

Brazil Climate

May 14, 2026

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8 min read

⚠️ Rare earth rush risks

The extraction of rare earth elements is all the rage in Brazil and around the world. But the country’s urgency to extract these critical minerals leaves large environmental gaps.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

May 7, 2026

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7 min read

🐟 Pirarucu-nomics

Brazil launched its new bioeconomy development plan last month, and the massive pirarucu river fish is at the center of the model’s first steps.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

Apr 30, 2026

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7 min read

🛢 Breaking the fossil fuel deadlock

Away from the consensus-driven COP talks, representatives of countries dead-set on eradicating fossil fuels met in the Colombian city of Santa Marta this week.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

Apr 23, 2026

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7 min read

🏦 High risk, low credit

Many of Brazil’s municipalities most exposed to climate disasters are also those with the least financial capacity to ward them off.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

💸 Want some green? Protect your greenery

Apr 16, 2026

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7 min read

💸 Want some green? Protect your greenery

A new rule forces Brazilian banks to check for illegal deforestation before granting any subsidized loans to agricultural producers.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

Apr 9, 2026

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11 min read

🌿 A lasting legacy

Marina Silva leaves the Environment Ministry, after managing to rebuild the country’s governance and oversight apparatus after years of Bolsonaro-era dismantling.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

Apr 2, 2026

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12 min read

🌎 Brazil’s new path for migration

Brazil held the COP15 conference on migratory species this past week, managing to deliver on several international accords to protect migrating birds, fish and mammals.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

Mar 26, 2026

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13 min read

🦜 Filling an ‘empty’ forest

In Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca National Park, organizations have embarked on bold (and successful) animal reintroduction projects, seeking to bring back long-lost species.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

Mar 19, 2026

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13 min read

🫧 The burping crisis

Cutting methane emissions is deemed to be one of the fastest ways for the world to slow down global warming, but the challenge in Brazil is not straightforward.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

Mar 12, 2026

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12 min read

🔋 Cannot stop the batteries

Brazil’s growing solar and wind energy generation still suffers from intermittence and curtailment. There could be an environmentally friendly way to solve that problem.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

Mar 5, 2026

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12 min read

🪸 A ‘silent’ extinction

Brazil’s vast coral reefs are under threat from several angles, from global climate change to local negligence

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

Feb 26, 2026

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11 min read

🌿 Brazil’s most sustainable companies

28 Brazilian firms made S&P Global’s annual roll of honor for sustainability, and we take a closer look at a couple of the standouts.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

Feb 19, 2026

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12 min read

🐐 Animal invasion

From Asian mussels clogging up hydroelectric plants to the political firestorm over tilapia, Brazil’s handling of invasive species has moved from the lab to the halls of power.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

Feb 12, 2026

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11 min read

📑 Brazil’s climate playbook

After delays and a bitter struggle with the agribusiness caucus, Brazil unveils its Climate Plan. Environmentalists call for more ambition.

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

Feb 5, 2026

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12 min read

💰 The funding paradox

The Climate Fund, Brazil’s main tool to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation projects, will see a huge boost this year.

Euan Marshall

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