Global pop superstar Taylor Swift has been appointed Global Youth Engagement Ambassador for COP30, the upcoming UN climate summit in Belem, Brazil, sparking an unexpected tidal wave of interest from ...

When President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office in early 2023, environmentalists breathed a sigh of relief. After four years of environmental destruction under his far-right predecessor Jair ...

Controversial 8-mile road project in Belém destroying rainforest, violating Indigenous rights, warn church activists ...

Belem, a bustling metropolitan area of 2.5 million people near the mouth of the Amazon River, is preparing to host COP30 in ...

Brazil is set to host COP30 with the summit taking over the Amazonian city of Belem in November. Although the so called ...

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said his goal in bringing COP30 to the Amazon was to focus the world's attention on a ...

City and state officials are also encouraging residents to travel and rent out their homes. That has unleashed a gold rush of ...

Brazil's hosting of COP30 aims to highlight climate issues and the Amazon's role, but challenges arise with accommodation ...

Top diplomats urge governments to seize the economic opportunities that tackling the climate crisis offers to shore up growth ...

Brazilian environmental campaigner and tribal leader Raoni Metuktire is pitting himself against the government to stop plans ...

COP30 will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement but where, Richard Beardsworth asks, do things stand ten ...