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NASA Satellites Reveal Freshwater Decline as Global Droughts and Warming Persist
NASA’s GRACE satellites have recorded a significant decline in Earth’s freshwater reserves since 2014, revealing a loss of 1,200 cubic kilometres—two and a half times the volume of Lake Erie. This trend, highlighted in the journal Surveys in Geophysics, is attributed to persistent droughts and rising global temperatures, particularly in regio...
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Failed Climate Talks, Middle East Wars: 5 Takeaways From G20 Summit In Brazil
G20 leaders met in Rio de Janeiro on Monday for talks on climate change, ongoing wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Lebanon, and more.
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"Ghost Town": Brazil Floods A Climate Warning To World, Says UN
Record floods that killed over 170 people and displaced half a million in southern Brazil are a warning sign of more disasters to come throughout the Americas because of climate change, an official at the UN' refugee agency said on Tuesday.
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How Climate Change Made Taylor Swift's Brazil Concert So Dangerous
The death of a Taylor Swift fan in the midst of a heat wave in Brazil is another sign that we're not doing enough to adapt to a rapidly changing climate.
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World Facing "Unprecedented Climate Emergency": Brazil's Lula At G20
G20 leaders meet this weekend during what is likely the hottest year in human history, but hopes are slim that the divided grouping can agree ambitious action on the crisis.
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Brazil To Host COP30 Climate Summit In Amazon In 2025: Report
The UN has chosen Brazil to host the international climate meeting, COP30, in the Amazonian city of Belem do Para in 2025. The announcement came from Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday, according to CNN.
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Brazil Town's "Chronic Problem": Disappearing Into The Sea
Vultures roam the sand in the Brazilian resort town of Atafona amid the ruins of the latest houses destroyed by the sea, whose relentless rise has turned the local coastline into an apocalyptic landscape.
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Amazon Deforestation Hits Monthly Record In Brazil
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest hit a new record in October, a Brazilian government agency said Friday, just days after President Jair Bolsonaro announced ambitious environmental goals at the COP26 climate summit.
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Ministers Of India, Brazil, South Africa, China Representing BASIC Group Meet At COP26
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav has chaired a meeting at COP26 in Glasgow, UK in which ministers of Brazil, South Africa, India and China represented the BASIC Group.
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BRICS Nations Pledge To Step Up Cooperation In Education Sector
The BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa - today resolved to facilitate movement and exchange of students and faculty in each other's institutions especially in areas like energy, climate change, water resources and economy.
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Brazil Ratifies Paris Agreement To Reduce Greenhouse Gases
The Brazilian government on Monday ratified its participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change, a significant step by Latin America's largest emitter of greenhouse gases that could spur other countries to move forward.
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As Impeachment Looms, Brazil's Dilma Rousseff Warns Of 'Grave' Crisis
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took her battle against impeachment to the United Nations on Friday, warning the international community her country is suffering a "grave moment," while her critics said she wants to use the trip to rally support against what she calls a "coup."
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Brazil's Dilma Rousseff To Address Impeachment In UN Trip
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff flew to New York on Thursday to sign a global climate change pact but she will use the international stage to denounce efforts to impeach her.
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France, Brazil to Share Intelligence Ahead of Rio Games in 2016
France will share counterterrorism intelligence with Brazil ahead of next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the foreign ministers of both countries said in a press conference in Brasilia on Sunday.
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Brazil Can Help Get a Climate Deal: France
France is counting on Brazil to convince world leaders to strike a deal to limit annual temperature rise at an upcoming Paris summit, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Sunday.
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NASA Satellites Reveal Freshwater Decline as Global Droughts and Warming Persist
NASA’s GRACE satellites have recorded a significant decline in Earth’s freshwater reserves since 2014, revealing a loss of 1,200 cubic kilometres—two and a half times the volume of Lake Erie. This trend, highlighted in the journal Surveys in Geophysics, is attributed to persistent droughts and rising global temperatures, particularly in regio...
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Failed Climate Talks, Middle East Wars: 5 Takeaways From G20 Summit In Brazil
G20 leaders met in Rio de Janeiro on Monday for talks on climate change, ongoing wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Lebanon, and more.
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"Ghost Town": Brazil Floods A Climate Warning To World, Says UN
Record floods that killed over 170 people and displaced half a million in southern Brazil are a warning sign of more disasters to come throughout the Americas because of climate change, an official at the UN' refugee agency said on Tuesday.
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How Climate Change Made Taylor Swift's Brazil Concert So Dangerous
The death of a Taylor Swift fan in the midst of a heat wave in Brazil is another sign that we're not doing enough to adapt to a rapidly changing climate.
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World Facing "Unprecedented Climate Emergency": Brazil's Lula At G20
G20 leaders meet this weekend during what is likely the hottest year in human history, but hopes are slim that the divided grouping can agree ambitious action on the crisis.
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Brazil To Host COP30 Climate Summit In Amazon In 2025: Report
The UN has chosen Brazil to host the international climate meeting, COP30, in the Amazonian city of Belem do Para in 2025. The announcement came from Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday, according to CNN.
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Brazil Town's "Chronic Problem": Disappearing Into The Sea
Vultures roam the sand in the Brazilian resort town of Atafona amid the ruins of the latest houses destroyed by the sea, whose relentless rise has turned the local coastline into an apocalyptic landscape.
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Amazon Deforestation Hits Monthly Record In Brazil
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest hit a new record in October, a Brazilian government agency said Friday, just days after President Jair Bolsonaro announced ambitious environmental goals at the COP26 climate summit.
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Ministers Of India, Brazil, South Africa, China Representing BASIC Group Meet At COP26
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav has chaired a meeting at COP26 in Glasgow, UK in which ministers of Brazil, South Africa, India and China represented the BASIC Group.
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BRICS Nations Pledge To Step Up Cooperation In Education Sector
The BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa - today resolved to facilitate movement and exchange of students and faculty in each other's institutions especially in areas like energy, climate change, water resources and economy.
-
Brazil Ratifies Paris Agreement To Reduce Greenhouse Gases
The Brazilian government on Monday ratified its participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change, a significant step by Latin America's largest emitter of greenhouse gases that could spur other countries to move forward.
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As Impeachment Looms, Brazil's Dilma Rousseff Warns Of 'Grave' Crisis
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took her battle against impeachment to the United Nations on Friday, warning the international community her country is suffering a "grave moment," while her critics said she wants to use the trip to rally support against what she calls a "coup."
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Brazil's Dilma Rousseff To Address Impeachment In UN Trip
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff flew to New York on Thursday to sign a global climate change pact but she will use the international stage to denounce efforts to impeach her.
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France, Brazil to Share Intelligence Ahead of Rio Games in 2016
France will share counterterrorism intelligence with Brazil ahead of next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the foreign ministers of both countries said in a press conference in Brasilia on Sunday.
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Brazil Can Help Get a Climate Deal: France
France is counting on Brazil to convince world leaders to strike a deal to limit annual temperature rise at an upcoming Paris summit, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Sunday.
