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Andre Correa do Lago, climate secretary within the foreign ministry, is a former ambassador to Japan and India who served as Brazil's chief climate change negotiator between 2011 and 2013

World

Trump’s climate retreat will have ‘significant impact’ on COP30: Brazil

Brazil warned Tuesday that US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement would have a major impact on COP30 talks...

AFPJanuary 21, 2025

Renato Cordeiro, 57, harvests rubber from a hevea tree (Hevea brasiliensis) near his home

Business

Rubber tappers forge sustainable future in Amazon

As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, grabs his knife, and heads out to tap...

AFPJanuary 8, 2025

View of burned acai palm trees due to an out-of-control fire in the Amazon region of the Marajo archipelago in Breves

World

‘No more fires,’ demand fed-up Amazon residents

Giovana Serrao was not home when a fire lit in a neighboring agricultural field got out of control and destroyed her acai palms on...

AFPJanuary 8, 2025

By planting native species that will thrive in the Amazon, Mombak hopes to restore credibility to a scandal-ridden carbon market

World

In Brazil, an Amazon reforestation project seeks to redeem carbon markets

In the Brazilian Amazon, workers use metal tubes to sow seedlings in rapid succession, as part of an effort to reforest the jungle with...

AFPJanuary 7, 2025

With 200 workers laboring seven days a week, the largest open-air market in Latin America reflects the transformation currently underway in the Brazilian city, which is preparing to host COP30 in November -- the first UN climate conference in the Amazon

World

Brazil gears up for first climate conference in Amazon

After serving a customer a bowl of acai with fried fish in Belem’s market, Sandra da Costa wipes her hands excitedly. “Finally, the long-awaited...

AFPJanuary 7, 2025

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