Carlos Nobre, a ‘terrified but optimistic’ scientist at the COP biodiversity conference
One of the world’s leading researchers on the Amazon and climate change says it’s still possible to prevent total collapse if we act now and listen to the real scientists: Indigenous people
Carlos Nobre, a ‘terrified but optimistic’ scientist at the COP biodiversity conference
One of the world's leading researchers on the Amazon and climate change says it’s still possible to prevent total collapse if we act now and listen to the real scientists: Indigenous people
‘We run the risk of burning to death, of dying of hunger or thirst’
Indigenous leader Mara Xavante relates how the flames threatened her village in Mato Grosso, a state that suffered 19,964 fires in September
‘We run the risk of burning to death, of dying of hunger or thirst’
Indigenous leader Mara Xavante relates how the flames threatened her village in Mato Grosso, a state that suffered 19,964 fires in September
A tale of two COPs and one planetary problem
A worsening climate and the destruction of Nature are connected but treated separately at parallel global events that dialog very little with each other, hindering an effective response to the world’s polycrisis
The Falling Sky lands in Cannes
The shaman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami shot an arrow with a new documentary that was screened in the south of France, and appears to have pierced the hearts of young viewers who will live under an ever more threatened climate
Juarez Transamazônico, the ‘baby of the future,’ looks for his past
The first Brazilian to be born along the dictatorship's symbolic highway through the Amazon has resurfaced to become the poster-child of an unsustainable Brazil
Scientists: Arc of deforestation is most vulnerable to drought
A new study shows impacts vary enormously from region to region, highlighting diversity within the Amazon. This should help policymakers to set priorities for fighting deforestation and preventing a tipping point
‘Fake news’ about the climate is hampering aid efforts
Right-wing denial of human-caused global heating started as a tactic for industry to evade responsibility in the 1970s
‘I’m in the rescue boat, having to tell the world we’re drowning’
Journalist, biologist, and researcher, Jaqueline Sordi has studied and reported on the climate crisis and on scientists’ unheeded alerts for years. Now she is witnessing the devastation of her home town of Porto Alegre by long-forecast torrential rains
