Bike To Work Day attracts public and companies as awareness of cycling benefits grows It’s no coincidence São Paulo was the city in which Zoom, described as “Uber for helicopters”, made its worldwide debut late last year. The biggest city in South America (population: 21.2 million) is infamous for its traffic; a recent study found that Paulistanos spent 86 hours on average in 2017 stuck in traffic (or 22 per cent of total drive time), putting it in the top […]
Amidst the turmoil of the presidential impeachment process, members of Brazil’s Congress are set to dismantle environmental protection laws.
While the Brazilian government fights for its political survival, European companies risk being caught up in the fall-out as it’s revealed that major energy firms plan to build and run a controversial mega-dam project in the heart of the Amazon.
Tributes are being paid across the world, today, for Honduran indigenous and environmental right campaigner, Berta Cáceres following her murder at her home in La Esperanza
As the world continues to reel from extreme weather events, and waking up to the dangerous realities of climate change, the terrifying underbelly of global warming is currently being highlighted by an outbreak of the Zika virus in South America.
Emissions from tropical deforestation could be reduced by 50% in the next five years, according to new research
Two powerful women, the leaders of the largest economies in Europe and Latin America, could add further clout to the transition to a low carbon world.
The Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago has become the 52nd country to announce its climate action plan, quickly followed by the African nation of Benin.
The group of 20 states most vulnerable to climate change highlights risks posed by climate change as well as the recent uptake of low-carbon technology
Both Brazil and Peru have experienced a recent uptick in deforestation in the Amazon rainforest according to two new reports. The new data collected in both countries by satellites troubles environmentalists who fear a return to the heavy deforestation that occurred in previous decades.