In line with our November 2022 news alert, Brazil’s new administration has had a very busy January pursuing its social, environmental, and climate agendas. In his first week in office, President ...

Brazil: Ratify Regional Environment Pact. ... risking their lives as they try to hold on to their land and protect the environment and their livelihoods in a land-reform settlement in the Amazon.

Brazil's Congress passed a controversial reform loosening environmental licensing rules on Thursday, prompting backlash from environmentalists as the country prepares to host the COP30 climate summit ...

It should use that leverage to help realise these reforms by requiring Brazil to adopt them as a firm pre-condition for membership. The OECD should also ensure that the accession process for Brazil ...

Brazil plans to issue its first-ever green bond in 2023, the Treasury secretary said on Thursday, as the country's new leftist government tries to use its environmental agenda to attract investment.

At 76, and with more than five decades of politics under his belt, Lula is adapting. And his willingness to do so makes it clear that, for the first time, climate and the environment will be at ...

BRASILIA, JUNE 26th, 2025 – As Brazil looks to address budget constraints, it can adopt policies that close the fiscal gap, enhance environmental protection and create enhanced employment ...

The bancada ruralista, or ruralist lobby, in Brazil’s congress flexed its muscles in 2017, making numerous demands on President Michel Temer to make presidential decrees weakening environmental ...

Brazil's delegation arrived at the World Economic Forum (WEF) with a commitment to defend democracy and the sustainability of both its public accounts and the environment, Finance Minister ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court has sworn in its first justice with an Amazonian background in almost 20 years. Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa, a former federal judge who served as a governor and a ...

Brazil is considering measures that would roll back environmental protections and make it difficult to meet its Paris climate accord targets – a signal it is stepping back from its global ...