Brazil
Climate adaptation goes mobile in Brazil
As extreme weather events become more common, the mobile phone is being recognised as an important tool for warnings that can save lives
Brazilian rainforest tribes harness power of wind
Indigenous group in far north of Brazil invest in renewable ‘off grid’ electricity solutions in bid to stave off dam developments
Amazon deforestation could hurt Brazil’s farmers
Widespread loss of forest could affect rainfall in key agricultural regions of Brazil, hitting beef and soya productivity
IRENA: carbon markets cannot support renewables alone
International Renewable Energy Agency says there’s no need to rely on carbon trading with countries using other incentives enjoying success
Brazil soya and beef exports driving 30% of deforestation emissions
Report into Amazon deforestation levels calls for greater focus on the role of global consumption in driving land degradation
Global climate action continues despite UN deadlock – report
New report highlights acceleration of domestic level policies to combat climate change regardless of the lack of progress at the UNFCCC
Rio’s favelas set climate adaptation example
Adapting to climate change often seems an earnest business, something needing steely determination and gritted teeth. But adaptation in some of Rio de Janeiro’s shantytowns is very different
Turkey’s hydropower dreams in danger of drowning rich history
Writing for RTCC, film maker Todd Southgate asks whether the huge dams planned in Turkey, Brazil and China are coming at too great a cost for the environment
10 climate questions that need answering in 2013
RTCC explores the major issues likely to dominate the climate change debate in the year ahead
Russia claims COP18 snub could damage hopes of 2015 climate deal
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Amazon deforestation halted through local action
Milton Nogueira Silva, Executive Secretary of the Climate Change Forum of Minas Gerais region in Brazil says positive action seen on deforestation in Brazil stems from community engagement
Hydropower could double by 2050, say IEA and Brazilian government
Report claims 3 billion tonnes of CO2 could be saved but critics question benefits of “big-hydro” on social and environmental grounds.
Brazil sparks REDD+ duplication row
CBD COP11: Brazil, Columbia, Ethiopia and Argentina argue REDD+ discussions should be left to UNFCCC conference
Figueres: Efforts on climate change still fall short of 2°C target
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Renewable energy helps Brazilian inmates get out of jail
Scheme allows prisoners to cut their sentences by generating power for nearby town on exercise bikes.
Deforestation in Amazon driving species to extinction
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Rio+20: International reaction to the sustainable development outcome
Politicians, diplomats and activists from around the globe review the Future We Want document and the process that produced.
Rio+20: The Rio de Janeiro favela setting the standard for inner-city sustainability
RTCC’s Daniel Schweimler takes a tour of the Babilonia favela in Rio de Janeiro where sustainable development is at the heart of the community’s hopes for a higher quality of living and a healthier, more prosperous future.
Rio+20 Business Focus: Ditching diesel in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest
myclimate explains how they are helping communities in Brazil’s Amazon to ditch rainforests for FSC woodchips for their electricity production