Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a ...

The Gini Index, created to measure the degree of income concentration, fell to its lowest level ever in Brazilian cities, ...

Brazil’s international image as a “tropical paradise” won’t save it from the potential PR damage COP 30 may create.

The top three years for extreme heat have occurred in the past six years (2024, 2023, 2019). Nine cities notched a record ...

With world capitals sweltering under 25 per cent more extremely hot days since the 1990s, cities from London to Tokyo need ...

From London to Manila, world’s biggest cities face alarming rise in heatwaves - Nine cities, including Washington, Tokyo, Cairo and Johannesburg, registered record numbers of very hot days last year ...

President Lazarus Chakwera conceded defeat Wednesday in Malawi's elections, leaving 85-year-old ex-President Peter Mutharika the presumptive winner and on course to return as leader of one of Africa's ...

Extreme heat, driven by climate change, is linked to half a million deaths per year. Scientists say meeting current goals to ...

Loan defaults in Brazil fell to historic lows in October, figures showed on Friday, in further evidence of the economy's recovery and that the central bank's steps to loosen financial conditions were ...

Brazil expects to join the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development club of rich nations within a year, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday, adding that around two-thirds of the ...