President Jair Bolsonaro made the announcement after meeting with his Chilean counterpart on Wednesday
The Brazilian government has suggested it would reject the offer after president Jair Bolsonaro’s chief of staff said the resources are “more relevant to reforest Europe”
Leo Varadkar said Ireland could vote against the free trade deal between South American countries and the EU over deforestation and wildfires concerns
Brazil’s space research center INPE reported 9,507 new forest fires across the country, mostly in the Amazon basin, since last Thursday
Reporting on latest science around climate change and land use focused on rich nations’ eating habits, but did it miss the bigger picture?
The latest science shows the impacts of global warming – and solutions to it – risk worsening inequality if not coupled with support to the world’s poor
Brazil “doesn’t need” €35 million of international funds earmarked to protect the Amazon rainforest, the president insists
In a special report, the UN’s climate science panel warned use of land to store carbon or grow fuel crops risked worsening food insecurity if poorly managed
Leaders must take decisive action to support nature-based solutions to the climate challenge, in light of the latest UN science report
Rampant forest fires are causing polluting smog to travel to neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore, sending air quality plummeting in Southeast Asia
The UN climate science body is expected to warn of increasing pressure on land use to meet climate and development goals. Here are ways to limit the conflict
The African country claims to have broken a world record by planting 350 million trees in a day, as part of a collective effort to restore lost forests
The bloc is considering regulations to address the role of consumer demand for commodities like palm oil, soy and timber in driving forest clearance abroad
Models suggest large areas of land are needed for forests and biofuel crops to halt climate change, but this risks worsening hunger, draft tells policymakers
The next EU presidency wants to drive the climate agenda, but its forestry industry is bad for carbon emissions, biodiversity and its indigenous Sámi people
Three coal plants that threaten the Sundarbans tiger habitat were removed from a draft text, while Unesco members declined to list the site as ‘in danger’
Tree restoration is being touted as the best climate change solution, in a new study, but its results should be interpreted with caution
Finland, Sweden, Portugal, France and Germany praised for ambitious targets, but NGO analysis raises questions over details
When Carlos Cabral was killed this month, it seemed history was repeating itself in a corner of the Amazon known for violence. But the real story was more disturbing
Incoming prime minister Antti Rinne presented the climate goal as part of a package with increased welfare spending on Monday