For years, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, along with many climate experts, had high hopes for the U.N.

COP30 may go down in history as a fiery flop, as divisions quashed all hope for a commitment to fossil fuel phaseout. View on ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Few ...

The first time Virgilio Viana saw the Amazon up close, he was a 16-year-old with a backpack, two school friends and very ...

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Thousands of Amazonian land defenders, both Indigenous people and their allies, have traveled ...

For most of the past six million years, the human story played out in shifting woodlands, open plains and coastal zones shaped only by natural forces. Early ancestors adapted slowly to changing ...

Residents of Belém’s favelas – or ‘baixadas’ as they are known here – tell Nick Ferris of the daily climate challenges they ...

Just outside Belém, the Amazonian city where the world is meeting to discuss climate change, electricity is a very recent ...

Abstract: Tropical rainforests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth and also among the most threatened by anthropogenic pressures such as deforestation and climate change. Understanding ...