Democracy Now

Brazil’s Contradictory Climate Policies: Lula Gov’t Reduces Deforestation, Boosts Oil & Gas Production

As we broadcast from the United Nations climate summit in Belém, we look at Brazil’s contradictory climate policies. The Lula government has reduced deforestation in the Amazon while also approving ...
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Brazil's COP30: Bridging the gap between climate ambition and reality

Brazil has long cast itself as a pioneer in the global fight against climate change, championing ambitious environmental policies and serving as a bridge between developed and developing nations. As ...
Boston Herald

Artificial intelligence sparks debate at COP30 climate talks in Brazil

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — At the U.N. climate talks in Brazil, artificial intelligence is being cast as both a hero worthy of praise and a villain that needs policing. Suliman: Protecting Mass. from AI ...
The Washington Post

Brazil says it’s a climate leader. Not everyone buys it.

BELÉM, Brazil — Brazil intended this year’s United Nations climate talks now underway in the Amazon rainforest, to be the capstone of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s effort to establish the ...
Mongabay

Offshore fossil fuel exploration jeopardizes Brazil’s climate leadership, study says

Ahead of the COP30 U.N. climate summit in Brazil, a report by environment-monitoring organization SkyTruth mapped the environmental impact of the advance of offshore exploration for fossil fuels in ...
The New York Times

Indigenous People, Long Sidelined at Climate Talks, Take the Stage in Brazil

This summit is unlike any of its predecessors in at least one significant way: The Indigenous presence is palpable and strong. By Somini Sengupta Brad Plumer and David Gelles Reporting from Belém, ...