Devastating floods led to more than 175 deaths and 423,000 people displaced in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul in May. It was the state's worst natural catastrophe in almost a ...

In Brazil, climate and other human-made environmental changes threaten decades-long efforts to fight a widespread and debilitating parasitic disease. Now, a partnership between researchers from ...

Every year, world leaders meet to tackle climate change at a conference called COP, short for Conference of the Parties.

As world leaders grapple with the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, Brazil, the host of this year's COP30 global climate summit, sees an opportunity to amplify the voices of developing nations ...

For two weeks during November, countries are coming together in the city of Belém in Brazil to negotiate their responses to climate change. This will be the 30th UN climate summit, known as Cop30. It ...

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As Brazil Readies for COP30 Climate Talks, Finance Ministers Offer Plan for $1.3 Trillion in Yearly Finance By Katy Daigle, Lisandra Paraguassu and Simon Jessop WASHINGTON/BRASILIA (Reuters) -A group ...

A raging fire tore through the grounds of the UN climate summit COP30 in Brazil on Thursday, stalling talks as a full-scale evacuation was ordered, officials said. Thirteen people were treated for ...

An unprecedented study analyzed data from 1991 to 2023 and found that each 0.1°C increase in average global air temperature led to 360 new climate disaster events and damages in Brazil amounting to R$ ...

Devastating floods led to more than 175 deaths and 423,000 people displaced in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul in May. It was the state’s worst natural catastrophe in almost a ...

The Santa Rita neighborhood in the city of Guaiba, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, has experienced severe flooding since the rain began. Credit: ANSELMO CUNHA/AFP via Getty Images At the end of April ...