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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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Many of Brazil’s municipalities most exposed to climate disasters are also those with the least financial capacity to ward them off.
A new rule forces Brazilian banks to check for illegal deforestation before granting any subsidized loans to agricultural producers.
Marina Silva leaves the Environment Ministry, after managing to rebuild the country’s governance and oversight apparatus after years of Bolsonaro-era dismantling.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Brazil’s vast coral reefs are under threat from several angles, from global climate change to local negligence
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.
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.
After delays and a bitter struggle with the agribusiness caucus, Brazil unveils its Climate Plan. Environmentalists call for more ambition.
The Climate Fund, Brazil’s main tool to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation projects, will see a huge boost this year.
Why climate change is likely to make humans more susceptible to mosquito bites, and the diseases these insects carry.
While the weather in parts of the country is naturally harder to predict, aging and obsolete technology led to subpar forecasting in Brazil. Thanks to a new supercomputer, that may be about to change.
The massive Belo Monte hydroelectric plant is the site of a battle between national energy demands and local ways of life.
Microplastics appear to be everywhere these days, but a recent finding from Brazilian researchers found these tiny particles in a remote protected area of the Amazon forest.
Brazil is stereotypically labeled the land of beaches, samba and soccer — when in actual fact, it’s the land of birds.
Once an environmental liability, açaí waste is being turned into biomass fuel and construction material — cutting emissions in one of the world’s hardest-to-clean industries.
