Brazil, which is hosting the 30th U.N. Climate Change Conference this month, wants to show the world it is a leader in safeguarding the planet. Its record tells a more complicated story.

The gathering gets underway months after two-thirds of the 195 nations that signed the Paris climate agreement missed a ...

Britain's Prince William will announce on Tuesday a new initiative aimed at supporting Indigenous communities and ...

Brazil's government says deforestation in the Amazon fell 11% in the year through July 2025 to its lowest level in nearly a ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has fallen for the fourth straight year, the government said Thursday, a boost ...

By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell 11.08% in the 12 months through ...

The cause of the pollution is largely fires set by humans to clear forest for cattle and pasturelands, according to the peer-reviewed findings ...

Deep in Brazil's Amazon, scientists have built a "time machine" pumping carbon dioxide into the rainforest canopy to simulate ...

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Rachel Dobkin is a Newsweek reporter based in New York. Her focus is reporting on politics. Rachel joined Newsweek in October 2023. She is a graduate of The State University of New York at Oneonta.

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday were deploying in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an ...