A recent ruling points to the importance, and challenges, of guaranteeing students' right to learn as temperatures top 100 F.

Brazil's Minister of Environment Marina Silva (L) and Brazil's Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara participate in the opening of the Pre-COP30 meeting, as part of the preparations for the ...

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Brazil on Thursday unveiled long-awaited details of a plan to pay countries to preserve their tropical forests and announced it had already drawn $5.5 billion in pledges. The fund ...

For two weeks during November, countries are coming together in the city of Belém in Brazil to negotiate their responses to climate change. This will be the 30th UN climate summit, known as Cop30. It ...

Between 2020 and 2022, soy acreage expanded from 37.2 to 41.2 million hectares, while soy-linked deforestation rose from 6,35,000 to 7,94,000 hectares. Despite this growth, Brazil lost 14 million ...

The holding of COP30 in Brazil is being described by the Brazilian government itself as a landmark moment for the global climate scenario. After decades of treaties and promises that in practice have ...

BELEM – After two weeks of negotiations, this year's United Nations climate talks ended Saturday with a compromise that some criticized as weak and others called progress. The deal finalized at the ...

BELÉM, Brazil — United Nations climate summits have for years ended with bold promises to stave off global warming. But those commitments often fade when nations go home. Three years ago, in a resort ...

BELEM, Brazil — A litany of recent weather disasters rang long Monday at the opening of U.N. climate negotiations: Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, a deadly tornado in Brazil, droughts and fire in Africa ...

BELEM, Brazil — Some acai berry lovers visiting Brazil for this week’s U.N. climate summit are in for a surprise when they taste the fruit popular around the world in smoothies and breakfast bowls.