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Montevideo, December 9th 2025 - 02:14 UTC

Environment

  • Friday, November 14th 2025 - 20:58 UTC

    Mining company accountable for dam collapse in Brazil

    The collapse of the Fundão Dam killed 19 people

    The High Court of Justice in London found on Friday that the English mining company BHP was accountable for the collapse of the Fundão Dam in the city of Mariana, in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais, ten years ago. The company is a shareholder of Samarco, which was responsible for the disaster.

  • Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    After violent storms, Brazil faces ongoing cyclone threat — severe weather also forecast in Argentina

    A cyclone is a vast area of low atmospheric pressure that can span thousands of kilometers

    Following a powerful extratropical cyclone that swept across south-central Brazil last week —bringing heavy storms and a tornado that devastated parts of Paraná and Santa Catarina— meteorologists are warning that the country faces a continued risk of similar weather events through the end of the year.

  • Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    California Governor becomes most famous US COP30 attendee

    Newsom is already hailed as a potential presidential candidate

    California Governor Gavin Newsom has emerged as an unexpected focal point and “anti-Trump” figure at the COP30 climate conference in Belém, capitalizing on the absence of the self-proclaimed climate change skeptic US President Donald Trump.

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 09:59 UTC

    Incidents reported outside COP30 hosting site

    At least one security guard was injured

    Demonstrators clashed with law enforcement on Tuesday in Belém outside the so-called Blue Zone, where COP30 negotiations are taking place. The area was closed after a group of protesters tried to enter the site, but were kept at bay by security guards forming human chains. At least one guard was injured.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    COP30 starts in Belem with a focus on accelerated global warming

    Some 50 presidents and heads of state will participate at the meeting in the coming days

    The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change officially kicked off in the city of Belém (Brazil), marking the first time the global climate summit has been held in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The meeting, set to run for two weeks, brings together world leaders from 163 countries to address the urgent crisis of global warming.

  • Monday, November 10th 2025 - 08:28 UTC

    At least 6 killed as deadly tornado hits Brazilian town

    Integration and Regional Development Minister Waldez Góes said on Sunday that it was still not possible to measure all the damage caused by the tornado in Rio Bonito do Iguaçu

    Authorities in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná have declared a State of Public Disaster in the municipality of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu following a catastrophic tornado that struck on Friday night, leaving six people dead and causing widespread destruction.

  • Monday, November 10th 2025 - 07:52 UTC

    TFFF reaches US$5.5 billion in funding

    The TFFF is expected to have a transformative impact on national forest conservation policies

    Brazilian authorities have confirmed that the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), a financing model combining public and private investments to preserve these areas, had reached US$5.5 billion in funding following contributions from Norway (US$3 billion), Indonesia (US$1 billion), and France (US$500 million) in addition to the South American country's US$1 billion disbursement during the UN General Assembly in New York in September.

  • Saturday, November 8th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Lula says little has been done regarding Paris Agreement

    A minimum tax on multinational corporations and the taxation of the wealth of the super-rich can generate valuable resources for climate action,” Lula insisted

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva voiced concern about the climate crisis and urged world leaders to strengthen their commitment to the Paris Agreement. He made those remarks during the last thematic session of the Climate Summit in Belém on Friday.

  • Friday, November 7th 2025 - 12:25 UTC

    Lula invites other countries to support TFFF initiative

    “We will be proud to remember that it was in the heart of the Amazon rainforest that we took this step together,” insisted Lula

    Upon launching the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) during the Climate Summit in the Amazon city of Belém, in the State of Pará, on Thursday afternoon, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva invited other nations to support the initiative. “Forests are worth more standing than cut down. They should be included in our countries’ GDP. Ecosystem services need to be remunerated, as do the people who protect forests. International green funds are not up to the challenge,” insisted Lula.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 20:52 UTC

    Lula enacts law designating Belém as capital of Brazil during COP30

    Lula will travel to the Celac-EU summit in Colombia before returning to Belém

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed into law a bill making Belém, in the state of Pará, the capital of the South American country for the duration of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) between Nov. 11 and 21. The measure has been published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette).