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…

Igarapé has participated since 2022 in the New York Climate Week, one of the world’s leading forums on climate and sustainable development, helping to foster dialogue and action among diverse actors in the global climate and environmental debate. In 2023, together with other institutions, we…

Igarapé has maintained a steady presence at the annual climate conferences since 2019, when it made its debut at COP25 in Madrid with the launch of a pioneering report on climate and security in Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2021, at COP26 in Glasgow,…

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho at TED Countdown Summit 2025. June 16 – 18, 2025, Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: Humphrey Gateri / TED What if the future of global power didn’t depend on extracting and depleting the planet,  but instead on restoring and regenerating it? That is…

This publication presents an analysis of six community-led initiatives in the Amazon, organized around practical lessons that address the region’s challenges. Among the most pressing challenges are the advance of deforestation, the intensification of illicit activities, pressure on protected territories, biodiversity loss, barriers to accessing…

President Donald Trump has suggested that minerals beneath Ukraine could be worth trillions of dollars and that they could help shore up vital U.S. supply chains. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country’s mineral wealth is “priceless.”

The global energy transition is putting into motion a rapid shift from fossil fuel dependency to mineral extraction. This shift is fueling exponential growth in demand for critical minerals, the backbone of clean energy, and a vast range of advanced digital technologies. As a result,…

The Igarapé Institute´s newest report unveils BRICS’s potential to play a key role in reforming global governance and addressing the Triple Planetary Crisis.   BRICS should deepen cooperation, leveraging existing innovations in areas like renewable energy and biodiversity conservation.   The New Development Bank (NDB)…

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…

Igarapé Institute will be present at COP 29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, following negotiations and (co)organizing events. The main objectives of the Institute are to advance its agendas on climate and nature finance, support a just transition to low-carbon economies, and connect the climate and biodiversity…

CALI, Colombia: The International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB) today launched its Framework for high integrity biodiversity credit markets. The Framework lays the foundation for how biodiversity credits, a financing mechanism, can be harnessed to drive much needed investment towards the conservation and restoration…

Igarapé Institute will be actively engaged at Biodiversity COP 16 in Cali, closely following negotiations and leading several side events. The Institute’s main goals are to advance its agendas on nature financing, regional cooperation to combat environmental crimes, and connecting the climate and biodiversity agendas….

Discussions, platforms, and agreements established during Climate Week must be connected to future global milestones, including the G20 and COP30 in Brazil Rio de Janeiro, October 3, 2024 – As it happens every year, New York once again hosted Heads of State, diplomats, experts, private…

With active participation in high-level discussions, Igarapé leads agendas on global governance, digital space, development financing, climate and nature, connecting the discussions in New York to upcoming global milestones, such as the G20 and COP30.   Starting this week, New York City will host high-level…