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Meltwater runs across the Greenland ice sheet in rivers. The ice sheet is already losing mass and could soon reach a tipping point. Maria-José Viñas/NASA

What are climate tipping points? They sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans, but there’s still room for optimism

A report warns that coral reefs may have reached their tipping point, and ice sheets, ocean currents and the Amazon are at growing risk. But, what does that actually mean?
Lula dedicated part of his speech at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly to expressing his concern about the U.S. stance toward Latin America. AP Photo/Richard Drew

In swipe at Trump, Brazil’s Lula tells UN that organized crime is not terrorism

The Brazilian president said that ‘it is worrying to equate crime with terrorism,’ in direct reference to Donald Trump’s attempt to equate Latin American organized crime groups with terrorist organizations.
Aerial image of downtown São Paulo, Brazil. The city of 20 million people has made strides in managing housing, transport and sanitation. Photo by Fabio Vieira/FotoRua/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Africa’s city planners must look to the global south for solutions: Johannesburg and São Paulo offer useful insights

Johannesburg in South Africa and São Paulo in Brazil offer useful insights into how cities in the global south should be managed.
Parque da Cidade, where Cop30 will be held; there is global pressure on Brazil to move the climate conference from Belém because of exorbitant hotel rates. Alessandro Falco/Folhapress

Cop30: the accommodation crisis plaguing Brazil’s upcoming UN climate summit

Hotel prices could lead to the event being emptied; but a significant presence of countries and delegations is essential to legitimise the conference’s discussions.
Military personnel participate in an operation against Comando Vermelho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 3. Andre Coelho / EPA

Brazil’s dangerous flirtation with counterterrorism

Brazilian lawmakers are debating a bill that would expand the definition of terrorism to include the activities of organised crime.
Among the 10 species of Neotropical primates recognized and integrated into the culture of the Paiter-Suruí in the southwestern Amazon, at least five are threatened with extinction. Photo provided by the author

Ethnoprimatology: research examines the traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples about primates in their territories

The primate species identified in the Sete de Setembro Indigenous Land have symbolic meanings that are deeply associated with the cultural, ecological and mythological elements of the Paiter-Suruí people’s cosmology
Forests like the Amazon play vital roles in balancing the environment, from storing carbon to releasing oxygen. Silvestre Garcia-IntuitivoFilms/Stone/Getty Images

Governors are leading the fight against climate change and deforestation around the world, filling a void left by presidents

A long-time leader of California’s climate efforts explains how governors from Brazil to Indonesia have become the leading edge in fighting climate change. Several are meeting this week in Brazil.

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