Report into Amazon deforestation levels calls for greater focus on the role of global consumption in driving land degradation
New report highlights acceleration of domestic level policies to combat climate change regardless of the lack of progress at the UNFCCC
Adapting to climate change often seems an earnest business, something needing steely determination and gritted teeth. But adaptation in some of Rio de Janeiro’s shantytowns is very different
Writing for RTCC, film maker Todd Southgate asks whether the huge dams planned in Turkey, Brazil and China are coming at too great a cost for the environment
RTCC explores the major issues likely to dominate the climate change debate in the year ahead
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Milton Nogueira Silva, Executive Secretary of the Climate Change Forum of Minas Gerais region in Brazil says positive action seen on deforestation in Brazil stems from community engagement
Report claims 3 billion tonnes of CO2 could be saved but critics question benefits of “big-hydro” on social and environmental grounds.
CBD COP11: Brazil, Columbia, Ethiopia and Argentina argue REDD+ discussions should be left to UNFCCC conference
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Scheme allows prisoners to cut their sentences by generating power for nearby town on exercise bikes.
The latest international climate change news, debate and video from RTCC.
The latest international climate change news, debate and video from RTCC.
Politicians, diplomats and activists from around the globe review the Future We Want document and the process that produced.
RTCC’s Daniel Schweimler takes a tour of the Babilonia favela in Rio de Janeiro where sustainable development is at the heart of the community’s hopes for a higher quality of living and a healthier, more prosperous future.
myclimate explains how they are helping communities in Brazil’s Amazon to ditch rainforests for FSC woodchips for their electricity production
As changes to Brazil’s Forest Code are approved by the country’s Chamber of Deputies, campaigners call on President Dilma Rousseff to veto the law and protect the country’s iconic forests.
This week’s photo of the week features the Açai Palm trees found in the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil.
Hosts select sustainable development as foundation for progress.