Latin America
A group of leading philanthropic organisations announced at COP30 that it would commit an initial $300mn to tackling climate and health.
COP30, which began yesterday in the heart of the Amazon, must “hit the accelerator for people, prosperity, and the planet,” stressed the UN’s Simon Stiell at the opening.
Realizada antes da COP30, Cúpula dos Líderes aponta para combustíveis fósseis, florestas e financiamento como prioridades para a conferência.
Held just before COP30, which kicks off in Brazil today, the Leaders' Summit pointed to fossil fuels, forests, and financing as priorities for the conference.
The timing of the Amazon licence's announcement so close to COP30 has been highly criticised.
Brazil’s Federal Prosecution Office has filed a lawsuit to cancel sales of oil blocks in the Amazon Basin, as studies show climate failure is the only scenario where operations could be successful.
Saguaro LNG has been crippled by internal dysfunction, rising costs, and strategic drift, according to a new report.
Brazil’s environment agency is getting closer to licensing oil and gas exploration in the Amazon Basin, raising questions over the country’s climate commitments just six months before COP30.
The Trump administration has scuttled an incipient tie-up between gas-rich Venezuela and its gas-hungry Caribbean neighbour Trinidad and Tobago, the latest punch in a revived U.S. campaign to isolate Caracas.
The Atacama Desert of northern Chile is a hotspot for solar and wind energy. It’s also a paradise for astronomers drawn to its exceptionally dark and clear skies.
Mexico had hoped that it could one day become the 4th largest LNG exporter in the world. But delays at several Mexico LNG projects put that vision in doubt.
A summit in Brasilia this week addressed climate disinformation and reiterated Brazil’s commitment to information integrity ahead of COP30.
In the upcoming tender, Ancap will offer four blocks for companies to install renewable energy to make green hydrogen.
Big LNG plans on Mexico's Pacific Coast could make it the fourth-largest exporter but would worsen climate change and damage one of the world’s most biologically diverse marine environments.
A series of LNG projects proposed for Mexico’s Pacific Coast would turn the country into a major LNG exporter. But violence from drug cartels, political risk, and mounting costs could keep projects from moving forward.