On 27 November, the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature took place at Central Hall Westminster, bringing together leading experts from climate science, national security, energy, food systems, health, and the economy. Their mission was to deliver a stark, science-led wake u...
Most people in the UK have little idea that the food in their fridge is closely connected to extreme weather now sweeping Brazil. The UK imports more food from Brazil than from any other non-European country. These weather conditions — from droughts, floods, and heatwaves — are increasingl...
As COP30 Brazil now begins in Belém, the world once again gathers to promise salvation — a solution to the climate crisis. Global leaders fly in and meet under the canopy of the Amazon rainforest, pledging ambition, justice and preservation. Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sta...
By late 2024, dredgers began carving through the seabed off the coast of Presidente Kennedy, a small town in southern EspÃrito Santo, once known for its quiet beaches. This is the chosen site of Porto Central, Brazil’s next mega-port and one of the most ambitious private logistics projects...
As Brazil prepares to host COP30 in Belém this November, a new investigation by Repórter Brasil exposes how the country’s booming biofuel industry is driving deforestation, labour abuse, and land conflict, all in the name of sustainability. Approved in October 2024, Brazil’s biofuels bill ...
With COP30 fast approaching, the first UN climate summit to take place in the heart of the Amazon, a new investigation exposes an uncomfortable reality. It’s an unescapable fact: the flow of finance into oil and gas extraction across the rainforest shows no signs of slowing, even as many o...
A new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has sounded the alarm: the world’s most treasured ecosystems are being weakened by a threat that rarely makes the news. It’s not a drought or a wildfire, but something smaller, quieter, and spreading fast. As the p...
Rio de Janeiro is approaching a crisis where policing and killing may become indistinguishable. A new proposed law would reward police officers with cash bonuses for every suspect they kill. Supporters argue this is an effective step to combat organised crime, but critics describe it as a ...
Beyond the unbearable loss of lives and the endless destruction of homes, Israel is compounding their destruction of Palestine by waging war against the land itself. Israel’s ecocide in Gaza: the hidden siege with long-term consequences Fields once used to grow food have been burnt. Wells ...
Across the globe, zoonotic and vector-borne diseases (ZVBDs), illnesses that jump from animals to humans, either through direct contact or via carriers such as mosquitoes, have increased significantly over the past few decades, claiming millions of lives each year. Now, the spotlight for t...