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Brazil backs long term zero carbon goal as Merkel visits

NEWS: President Dilma Rousseff declared support for G7 stance on emissions phase-out after receiving German leader in Brasilia

NEWS: Hard-to-detect small-scale clearance of Amazon rainforest makes up half of country’s tree-cutting rate, says study

NEWS: Miguel Arias Canete calls on all countries to submit national contributions to the UN for global deal

NEWS: US and EU border controls have less influence on illicit trade as demand shifts to emerging economies, finds Chatham House

NEWS: Controversial Belo Monte dam project has failed to meet conditions to win its license, say environmental groups

NEWS: India PM calls for emerging economy fund to back clean energy at bloc’s seventh summit in Russia

NEWS: Emerging economies are embracing new class of climate-friendly financial instruments, says Climate Bonds Initiative

NEWS: Balbina Dam has hit populations of mammals, large gamebirds and tortoises, researchers say, warning against hydro push

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