Climate protesters demand to be heard as they march on COP30 with costumes and drums

Thousands of demonstrators marched in Belem, Brazil, at the halfway point of United Nations climate talks to demand progress ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Judge finds BHP Group liable in dam collapse that led to Brazil’s worst environmental disaster

A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a ...

Indigenous People, Long Sidelined at Climate Talks, Take the Stage in Brazil

This summit is unlike any of its predecessors in at least one significant way: The Indigenous presence is palpable and strong ...

Indigenous groups demand attention at UN climate talks in Brazil

Brazil is hosting the United Nations climate talks with a focus on Indigenous peoples and the Amazon rainforest.
Global Voices

The letter from São Paulo’s peripheral neighborhoods to COP30

In total, about 30 proposals appear in the "Letter from the Peripheries on Commitments for the Climate – The Atmosphere is Tense!,” signed by 50 collectives and 1,000 community leaders ...

Indigenous groups get the spotlight at UN climate talks, but some say visibility isn't power

BELEM, Brazil — Indigenous people are used to adapting, so when the power failed at their kickoff event at this year's United ...
NBC News

Police raid in Brazil leaves more than 100 people dead

Police raids in Brazil have killed more than 100 people, including four officers, making it the deadliest police operation in the nation's recent history. Rio de Janeiro Gov. Cláudio Castro says they ...
NPR

Huge Brazilian raid on Rio gang leaves at least 64 people dead and 81 under arrest

RIO DE JANEIRO — About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at ...