The Brazilian president has run up against similar challenges to his US counterpart Joe Biden – and it’s bad news for the planet
A plan for new buses in the Brazilian city hosting the 2025 UN climate summit was held up by a political row that suggests the road to COP30 could get rocky
Claudia Sheinbaum will have to deal with violent divisions over wind power projects on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
As demand grows for critical minerals used in clean energy supply chains, new data suggests more protection is needed for communities affected by their extraction
Right-wing President Javier Milei has taken an axe to funding for education and scientific bodies, sparking fears for climate research
Tired of waiting for donor dollars for climate and nature protection to trickle down, Indigenous rights groups are creating new funds to do things differently
Experts say UN rules around forests and oil are open to abuse, so that countries like Guyana can claim to be carbon-negative without cutting emissions
Ultra free-market president Javier Milei has not so far been able to get cuts to environmental regulations through Congress
Renewable energy schemes make up four-fifths of Kyoto-era projects hoping to keep selling offsets under Article 6, sparking concerns over the credibility of the new market.
The Brazilian government wants to tap forest protection funds to pave a major highway. Western donors say that goes against the fund’s rules.
Donations meant to preserve the Amazon rainforest may be spent paving the road, which critics say will worsen the forest’s destruction
Tricky politics have hampered renewable growth and plans to stop oil and gas exploration have sparked economic fears
A nature conservation foundation has accused Argentine scientists of slander after criticism of their rewilding methods
Brazil will go back to the climate targets it drew up in 2015 while it works on new and improved ones
Debt-for-nature and debt-for-climate swaps are becoming more common, with Ecuador’s recent $1.6bn deal the biggest yet. How do they work?
Bolivia wants to chop down trees to grow soy, beef and palm oil while Venezuela is unwilling or unable to restrain illegal gold mining
Temperatures in parts of South America are 20C (68F) more than normal, one of the most extreme deviations ever seen
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The Belem Declaration echoes growing discontent with a new law prohibiting firms from importing goods linked to deforestation
Eight South American nations agreed on a list of joint actions to protect the Amazon rainforest, but failed to mention a long-awaited target to halt deforestation.