The climate agenda has been gaining strength within BRICS since 2019. Initially marked by occasional mentions in political declarations, it gained new momentum with Brazil’s BRICS presidency in 2025 — the same year the country is also hosting COP30. In this context, cooperation has evolved…

At the close of the G20 Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in November 2024, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva proposed the creation of a new Climate Change Council. Rather than presenting a finalized proposal, the Brazilian government invited the international community to…

The world faces an unprecedented convergence of environmental crises – climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss – that collectively threaten the planet’s ecological balance and humanity’s future. Reversing the Triple Planetary Crisis necessitates urgent and coordinated action across all sectors and countries, accelerating the transition…

Climate change is already disrupting citiesaround the world. Continued greenhouse gas emissions and warming are intensifying heat islands, contributing to water shortages, rising seas, increasing flood-related risks and worsening pollution. With over two thirds of the population expected to live in cities by 2030, the…

All coastal cities are vulnerable to climate change

As the novel coronavirus spreads throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, social media have been rife with reports touting some of the environmental and climate benefits of the pandemic.

Cities are stepping-up to confront many of the world’s biggest existential challenges – especially climate change. One reason is that cities have always been where the future happens first; spaces that cultivate creativity, resourcefulness and innovation.

There is growing evidence that climate change can increase the risks of conflict and violence.

As the world’s largest terrestrial carbon sink, the Amazon is a key front in the fight against climate change

Climate change is already triggering devastating weather events across the planet, including prolonged droughts, flash floods and wildfires.

It is now well documented that global warming is a multiplier of insecurity and conflict

UK, France lead push to set up UN “clearing house” to identify climate-stressed regions at risk of collapsing into conflict.

Cities are the anchors of human civilization. By 2050, roughly three quarters of humanity will live in one