Brazil

AFP/APP Paris: Nearly all nations missed a UN deadline Monday to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies under pressure to show leadership following the US retreat on climate change. Just 10 of…

AFP/APP Brasília: Countries must aim as high as possible when setting new goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Andre Correa do Lago, the president of the COP30 climate conference to be hosted by Brazil in November, told AFP in an…

AFP/APP Washington: US President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered sweeping tariffs and sanctions against Colombia in retaliation for its refusal to accept deportation flights, doubling down on his immigration crackdown as he sought to…

AFP/APP Rio de Janeiro: Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in southeastern Brazil have claimed the lives of at least 10 people, according to rescue services in Minas Gerais state. On Saturday night, 80 millimeters (3.1 inches) of…

AFP/APP Brazil: As preparations intensify, Belém, Brazil, is transforming to host the first UN climate conference in the Amazon, COP30, scheduled for November 2025. Sandra da Costa, a local vendor, enthusiastically discusses the upcoming…

News Desk Karachi: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has confirmed receiving a $500 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to bolster its efforts against the growing impacts of climate change. The funds will be added to the…

AFP/APP Baku: The UN's marathon climate summit neared the finish line early Sunday, with nations deliberating a controversial proposal for wealthy countries to allocate at least $300 billion to poorer nations. The latter had demanded a…

AFP/APP Rio de Janeiro: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned on Monday that the world is entering a new period of "turbulence" as G20 leaders gathered in Brazil just two months before Donald Trump’s potential return to the White House.…

AFP/APP Manaus, Brazil: US President Joe Biden embarked on a historic trip to the Amazon rainforest on Sunday, aiming to showcase his administration’s climate change efforts ahead of a G20 summit, while the looming return of Donald Trump…

AFP/APP Baku: With negotiations deadlocked at COP29 in Azerbaijan, UN climate chief Simon Stiell has called on G20 leaders to provide much-needed political momentum as they prepare to meet in Brazil next week. “There is a long way to go,…