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Brazil targets landowners in Amazon reforestation plan

NEWS: Government is registering 5 million properties in a bid to reverse trend of forest clearance by beef and soy farmers

NEWS: Emerging economy will aim for 28-33% renewable energy by 2030, President Rousseff said in joint statement with Obama

NEWS: Influential bloc of emerging economies sets out priorities for Paris pact with finance and differentiation topping agenda

NEWS: Amazon protection on the agenda when president Dilma Rousseff meets Barack Obama in Washington next week

NEWS: Rules for how REDD+ scheme will work are now agreed, work can start on ramping up projects say experts

NEWS: Developed countries must cut carbon deepest and deliver finance pledge, say emerging economies central to crunch summit

NEWS: The Asian giant is funnelling cash into mega-projects, but not clean energy, as Amazon railways and canals take shape

ANALYSIS: Experts are divided over the extent of an overheating planet’s role in the South American country’s chronic dry spell

NEWS: Government has promised to deliver ambitious plan to UN, but critics say work on Paris contribution has slowed

NEWS: Leading emerging economies say they want to deepen ties on renewable energy and explore ways to finance green growth

NEWS: Drought-hit Brazil is turning to the solar energy source once dubbed a fantasy by the country’s president

NEWS: Citizens of Sao Paulo are to have their tap water cut off five days a week in a bid to manage the supply crisis

NEWS: UN’s Clean Development Mechanism increased reliance on Brazil’s native forests for steel making, say researchers

ANALYSIS: Scientists question president Dilma Rousseff’s commitment to climate leadership over appointment of Aldo Rebelo to science job

NEWS: A slumping oil price did not dampen enthusiasm for clean energy in 2014, as data shows global investment grew 16%

INTERVIEW: Drive for oil, gas and hydropower threatens communities who can protect rainforest warns veteran campaigner

NEWS: Destruction of rainforest likely to endanger global climate unless it can be stopped and restored

ANALYSIS: The UN’s climate body is holding up World Cup 2014 as a model for other sporting events, but it failed to raise green investment

NEWS: Water shortages, deforestation and indigenous rights are some of the issues facing Brazil’s president in the next four years

NEWS: Taller than the Eiffel Tower, the observatory will capture vital data on how climate change is impacting the rainforest