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South America

Mexico's next president faces a growing conflict over one of Latin America’s largest wind hubs

A simmering conflict over one of Latin America’s biggest wind hubs confronts Mexico’s next president

Claudia Sheinbaum will have to deal with violent divisions over wind power projects on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

As demand grows for transition minerals used in clean energy supply chains, new data suggests more protection is needed to stop abuses

Calls for responsible mining fail to stem rights abuses linked to transition minerals

As demand grows for critical minerals used in clean energy supply chains, new data suggests more protection is needed for communities affected by their extraction

Argentinian Far-right president has taken an axe to funding for education and scientific bodies, sparking protests among university students

Argentinian scientists condemn budget cuts ahead of university protest

Right-wing President Javier Milei has taken an axe to funding for education and scientific bodies, sparking fears for climate research 

As donors dither, Indigenous funds seek to decolonise green finance  

Tired of waiting for donor dollars for climate and nature protection to trickle down, Indigenous rights groups are creating new funds to do things differently

Forest carbon accounting keeps Guyana net zero while pumping oil

Forest carbon accounting allows Guyana to stay net zero while pumping oil

Experts say UN rules around forests and oil are open to abuse, so that countries like Guyana can claim to be carbon-negative without cutting emissions

Argentine Congress hinders Milei’s environmental cuts

Argentine resistance hinders Milei’s forest and glacier destruction

Ultra free-market president Javier Milei has not so far been able to get cuts to environmental regulations through Congress

Junk offset sellers push to enter new UN carbon market

Junk offset sellers push to enter new UN carbon market

Renewable energy schemes make up four-fifths of Kyoto-era projects hoping to keep selling offsets under Article 6, sparking concerns over the credibility of the new market.

Germany and US warn Brazil against using Amazon Fund for a road

Germany and US warn Brazil against using Amazon Fund to pave rainforest road

The Brazilian government wants to tap forest protection funds to pave a major highway. Western donors say that goes against the fund’s rules.

Brazil lawmakers approve using green fund to pave road through Amazon rainforest

Brazil lawmakers approve using green fund to pave road through Amazon rainforest

Donations meant to preserve the Amazon rainforest may be spent paving the road, which critics say will worsen the forest’s destruction

Colombia’s big green plans run into headwinds

Colombia’s big green plans run into headwinds

Tricky politics have hampered renewable growth and plans to stop oil and gas exploration have sparked economic fears

Argentine rewilding debate descends into legal threats

Argentine rewilding debate descends into legal threats

A nature conservation foundation has accused Argentine scientists of slander after criticism of their rewilding methods

Brazil's president Lula da Silva giving a speech at the Amazon Summit. Lula scraps Bolsonaro's cuts to Brazilian climate target ambition

Lula scraps Bolsonaro’s cuts to Brazilian climate target ambition

Brazil will go back to the climate targets it drew up in 2015 while it works on new and improved ones

What are green debt swaps?

Green debt swaps, explained

Debt-for-nature and debt-for-climate swaps are becoming more common, with Ecuador’s recent $1.6bn deal the biggest yet. How do they work?

Why Bolivia and Venezuela won't protect the Amazon

Soy, beef and gold gangsters: Why Bolivia and Venezuela won’t protect the Amazon

Bolivia wants to chop down trees to grow soy, beef and palm oil while Venezuela is unwilling or unable to restrain illegal gold mining

One of 2023’s most extreme heatwaves is happening in the middle of winter

Temperatures in parts of South America are 20C (68F) more than normal, one of the most extreme deviations ever seen

Dis-united States of the Amazon – Climate Weekly

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Amazon Nations Unite in Criticism of EU Deforestation Rules

Amazon nations decry EU deforestation rules in thinly-veiled joint condemnation

The Belem Declaration echoes growing discontent with a new law prohibiting firms from importing goods linked to deforestation

Brazil's president Lula da Silva giving a speech at the Amazon Summit. Lula scraps Bolsonaro's cuts to Brazilian climate target ambition

Amazon nations fail to agree on deforestation goal at summit

Eight South American nations agreed on a list of joint actions to protect the Amazon rainforest, but failed to mention a long-awaited target to halt deforestation.

Amazon nations split on oil and deforestation, ahead of summit

Colombia wants to restrict oil production while the Brazilian government is divided on the issue

Amazon governments set sights on narco-deforestation

When governments gather for the Amazon summit next week, they will talk about how to tackle drug traffickers who destroy forests

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