In line with our November 2022 news alert, Brazil’s new administration has had a very busy January pursuing its social, environmental, and climate agendas. In his first week in office, President ...

Brazil: Ratify Regional Environment Pact. ... risking their lives as they try to hold on to their land and protect the environment and their livelihoods in a land-reform settlement in the Amazon.

It should use that leverage to help realise these reforms by requiring Brazil to adopt them as a firm pre-condition for membership. The OECD should also ensure that the accession process for Brazil ...

Brazil's Congress passed a controversial reform loosening environmental licensing rules on Thursday, prompting backlash from environmentalists as the country prepares to host the COP30 climate summit ...

Brazil plans to issue its first-ever green bond in 2023, the Treasury secretary said on Thursday, as the country's new leftist government tries to use its environmental agenda to attract investment.

Brazil’s 21st century environmental record is most easily visualized via Amazon deforestation: ... U.S. missionary and Amazon land reform advocate Dorothy Stang.

BRASILIA, JUNE 26th, 2025 – As Brazil looks to address budget constraints, it can adopt policies that close the fiscal gap, enhance environmental protection and create enhanced employment ...

Environmentalists in Brazil are feeling the heat. Conservative lawmakers want to weaken the country’s environmental regulations to clear the way for rapid development of energy facilities, mines ...

At 76, and with more than five decades of politics under his belt, Lula is adapting. And his willingness to do so makes it clear that, for the first time, climate and the environment will be at ...

The Amazon region’s water and sanitation infrastructure is critically underdeveloped. By working in this vital, often overlooked, area the U.S. can present itself as a stronger partner.

Brazil is considering measures that would roll back environmental protections and make it difficult to meet its Paris climate accord targets – a signal it is stepping back from its global ...