Matosinhos stays close on resilience

2022-11-14T11:18+0100undrr (en)

The city leadership recognizes that citizens are on the frontline of understanding both the challenges and opportunities for strengthening their own resilience and that of the wider city. The municipality adopts a holistic approach under the overall umbrella of ‘building our resilience’.

INTERVIEW: Climate change is harming lives of indigenous people in Brazil: Chief Zebajaga Apurina

2022-11-12T13:51+0100ahram-EN (en)

, Saturday 12 Nov 2022. Wearing a traditional feathered headdress, Zebajaga Aqurina travelled to the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh to deliver a message about the negative effects of climate change on the lives of his people in Brazil .

Bolivian protected areas hit hard by forest fires

2022-11-11T00:06+0100mongabay (en)

ROBORÉ, Bolivia Tucabaca Valley Municipal Wildlife Reserve comprises around 2,644 square kilometers (1,021 square miles) of semi-arid forest and scrubland in the heart of southern Bolivia’s Chiquitania region. But the reserve, like the region around it, was beset by wildfires this year.

Displaced, poisoned, jailed: Climate change victims confront world leaders

2022-11-10T19:17+0100opendemocracy (en)

by nations in the Global South for reparations for climate damage inflicted on them. Delegates are aiming for a decision on loss and damage “no later than 2024”. In the last few days, Austria, Germany and Belgium have joined Scotland and Denmark in committing to this funding.

Brazil: the Amazon rainforest turns a page after the defeat of Jair Bolsonaro

2022-11-01T12:59+0100tellerreport (en)

The Brazil ians chose, Sunday, October 30, the course that their country will take for the next four years. And they decided it would be greener. Because on the environmental level, everything opposes the outgoing far-right head of state Jair Bolsonaro and the left-wing leader Lula.

Lula’s win in Brazil offers hope for climate change fight: Spain’s PM

2022-11-01T11:21+0100thelocal-es (en)

After a summer marked by repeated heatwaves across much of the continent, Europe is experiencing exceptional temperatures even as it heads into the start of autumn – a sign of accelerating climate change. “The month has not yet ended but we can already say practically without fear of contradiction....

Amazon forest fires

2022-11-01T09:34+0100watoday (en)

If its new president-elect keeps his promises to safeguard the rainforest, Brazil could have a major impact on the global fight against climate change. Today, 12.44pm; by Paulina Villegas and Sarah Kaplan The devastation generally caused by farmers lighting fires to clear land in drier months is....

Amazon forest fires

2022-11-01T06:28+0100theherald-au (en)

If its new president-elect keeps his promises to safeguard the rainforest, Brazil could have a major impact on the global fight against climate change. 44 minutes ago; by Paulina Villegas and Sarah Kaplan The devastation generally caused by farmers lighting fires to clear land in drier months is....

Amazon forest fires

2022-11-01T05:47+0100theage (en)

If its new president-elect keeps his promises to safeguard the rainforest, Brazil could have a major impact on the global fight against climate change. 2 minutes ago; by Paulina Villegas and Sarah Kaplan The devastation generally caused by farmers lighting fires to clear land in drier months is....

Lula’s victory in Brazil gives hope to climate fight: Spanish prime minister

2022-10-31T19:56+0100worldakkam (en)

Mercury is rising well above the norm in vast swathes of Europe, from Spain to Sweden. After a summer of repeated heatwaves across much of the continent, Europe is also experiencing exceptional temperatures towards the onset of autumn. This is a sign that climate change is accelerating.

Eliane Brum: “Se vince Bolsonaro, l’Amazzonia è finita”

2022-10-30T23:13+0100ferraraitalia (it)

Dopo aver ricevuto proprio questa settimana il per la pubblicazione del suo libro Banzeiro òkòtó, un viaggio in Amazzonia, centro del mondo , la prestigiosa giornalista e scrittrice brasiliana ha lanciato un commovente appello a votare per Lula (PT) alle elezioni presidenziali di domenica prossima in Brasile.