BELÉM, Brazil — Brazil intended this year’s United Nations climate talks now underway in the Amazon rainforest, to be the capstone of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s effort to establish the ...

As world leaders grapple with the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, Brazil, the host of this year’s COP30 global climate summit, sees an opportunity to amplify the voices of developing nations ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The climate crisis is accelerating the frequency of devastating events across the world, displacing millions and disproportionately affecting women ...

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — For 30 years, world leaders and diplomats have gathered at United Nations negotiating sessions to try to curb climate change, but Earth’s temperature continues to rise and extreme ...

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Months before hosting the U.N.’s first climate talks held in the Amazon, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut President Luiz Inácio Lula da ...

Unpaved street in Belém, Brazil, near a banner announcing the city as host of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30). (Marília Marasciulo/Courthouse News) BELÉM (CN) — As the United Nations Climate ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In April and May 2024, 90% of Brazil’s state of Rio Grande do Sul was flooded, including the capital city of Porto Alegre (Figure 1), displacing ...

Fernando Haddad, Brazil's finance minister, during a news conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, not pictured, at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia in 2024.

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29) in Baku, Azerbaijan closed out with a deal for rich countries to contribute $300 billion over 10 years to help developing countries fight ...