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Death toll in Chile forest fires rises to 24

Yesterdat 09:54 At least 24 people have died and 979 injured in hundreds of forest fires whipped up amid a blistering heat wave in south central Chile, a senior government official said Saturday night.

CLIMATE DENIERS

Climate disinformation surges in denial, conspiracy comeback

02-02-2023 16:51 False information about climate change flourished online over the past year, researchers say, with denialist social media posts and conspiracy theories nearly doubling from 2021 to 2022 after US environmental reforms and Elon Musk's Twitter takeover.

ENVIRONMENT

Mountains of waste overwhelm Buenos Aires effort to curb methane

03-12-2022 08:43 Norte III landfill operator Ceamse said last year emissions were poised to fall. Satellite observations suggest they haven’t.

ENVIRONMENT

Lula moves to put Brazil at vanguard of climate negotiations

14-11-2022 09:43 Lula will present his vision for the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest , at COP27 on Wednesday morning.

ENVIRONMENT

Agriculture and livestock farming devours the forests of Gran Chaco

09-11-2022 15:39 The Gran Chaco indigenous forest, spanning one million square kilometres across three nations, is a little-known victim of 25 years of gradual invasion by agriculture and livestock farming, with deforestation causing immeasurable harm to local fauna and flora.

AGRICULTURE

Uruguay farmers fend off droughts with soy technology, CEO says

08-11-2022 11:11 Farmers in Uruguay are withstanding climate change through investments in technology to fight droughts.

AGRICULTURE

Agricultural producers count the cost of prolonged drought

04-11-2022 10:05 As much as 75% of agricultural land has been affected by drought, as a La Niña weather pattern persists and the effects of climate change intensify.

Lithium in Latin America

'We don't eat lithium': Latin America longs for benefits of metal boon

27-10-2022 18:08 Global demand has exploded for lithium – the "white gold" found in huge quantities in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. But in Latin America's "lithium triangle," there are growing concerns about the impact on regional groundwater sources and doubts about whether the benefits of a metal bonanza will truly local communities near plants, many of whom live in poverty.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Greening global economy brings dependence on critical minerals

27-10-2022 15:52 Experts worry that the global transition to clean energy is creating new dependencies on the critical minerals needed for solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicle batteries.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

What can cities do to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change?

20-10-2022 15:20 The challenges posed by climate change require immediate actions, which national governments are not carrying out to the extent they are needed.

ARGENTINA

World mayors convene in Buenos Aires for C40 climate summit

19-10-2022 19:52 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta plays host as hundreds of city leaders from across the world meet for the C40 Summit to discuss international cooperation on climate change.

INTERNATIONAL DEBT

United Nations: 54 poor nations urgently need debt relief

11-10-2022 12:56 United Nations Development Programme warns dozens of developing nations are facing a rapidly deepening debt crisis and that "the risks of inaction are dire."

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

High stakes for climate-change race in Brazil vote

29-09-2022 01:27 Under Bolsonaro, average annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has risen by 75% compared to the previous decade, with environmental funding slashed.

ECONOMY & ENVIRONMENT

Climate and spills in focus as offshore oil gathers pace in Argentina

24-09-2022 06:01 Argentina's government has awarded dozens of tenders to explore for oil in the country’s waters, unleashing conflicts among companies, civil society and the state itself.

ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE

China nuclear deal held up over Argentina’s reactor fuel demand

19-09-2022 09:35 Buenos Aires insists on the right to manufacture the fuel; Outcome of negotiations could weigh on global nuclear market.

Britain's new monarch

The green king: Charles the environmentalist

15-09-2022 10:28 King Charles III's vocal stances on issues including the environment have prompted some criticism that he is departing from constitutional norms which see the royal family remain politically neutral at all times.

DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Anti-monarchists drowned out as UK mourns queen

15-09-2022 09:29 Amid blanket media coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth II and wall-to-wall tributes, republican voices calling to ditch the royals have struggled to be heard in Britain.

BRITISH MONARCH PASSES AWAY

End of an era: Queen Elizabeth II dies at age of 96

08-09-2022 14:33 Buckingham Palace confirms that Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch with over 70 years on the throne, has died at the age of 96.

BRITISH ROYALS

Queen's doctors 'concerned' for her health, says Buckingham Palace

08-09-2022 09:20 Members of Royal family travel to Balmoral after doctors say they are "concerned" about her health and recommend that she stay under medical supervision.

Food Security

Wind blows in favour of Argentina’s GM crops

24-08-2022 15:18 Genetically modified crops, which have for years been heavily criticised by environmentalists, are benefitting from new technological developments and health and safety approvals overseas.

Climate Change

Battered by climate change, Latin America must brace for worse: report

26-07-2022 14:22 Latin America is now experiencing the calamitous impacts of climate change: water shortages and food insecurity are making their impact on human life in the region. It will only get worse, says World Meteorological Organisation report.

Bloomberg

Climate Disasters in Latin America Threaten Global Food Security

22-07-2022 16:23 Latin American food production in 2021 was impacted by climate change, and this trend will continue, according to the World Meteorological Organisation. Droughts and floods have led to thousands suffering from food insecurity and have had global impact.

British Politics

Sunak or Truss to be Britain's next PM

20-07-2022 15:06 Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss compete to become Britain’s Prime Minister, Tories will vote early September.

Europe Sizzles

UK breaches 40C for first time, heat records tumble in France

19-07-2022 16:01 Western Europe continues to sweat under an intense heatwave: the mercury is rising on heat records across the region, Britain reaching 40C for the first time on Tuesday.

Climate Change

Climate change's fingerprints on ever hotter heatwaves

18-07-2022 15:07 As Europe sizzles, experts predict more to come. Increased frequency of heatwaves here to stay, and an undeniable symptom of climate change.

WEATHER PROBLEMS

Blizzard strands 200, prompts evacuations in Andes near Argentina-Chile border

10-07-2022 17:43 Some 200 people, mostly tourists and truckers, were stranded Sunday by a fierce snowstorm in the Andes mountains near the Argentina-Chile border, with temperatures plunging well below freezing, local officials said.

Climate Crisis

Billionaires promote CO2-removing schemes to protect climate

24-05-2022 15:41 CO2 removal is a necessary weapon in the battle to stop global heating accelerating beyond a point of no return; technology to do so remains prohibitively expensive and must be ramped up significantly, as the world emits 40 billion tonnes of CO2 each year.

Alberto in Europe

Fernandez relays Latin America's ‘concern’ over Ukraine war to Macron

13-05-2022 10:45 President Alberto Fernández ends his brief tour of Europe with a warm meeting with France’s newly re-elected leader Emmanuel Macron. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and global fall-out tops the agenda.

Climate Crisis

UN: Even chance world will breach 1.5C warming within 5 years

10-05-2022 01:53 There is an even chance that global temperatures will temporarily breach the benchmark of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in one of the next five years, the United Nations warned Tuesday.

Climate Crisis

Earth's degraded land at 'breaking point,' warns UN expert

06-05-2022 00:23 Decades of unsustainable agriculture have depleted soils worldwide and accelerated both global warming and species loss, says UN official Ibrahim Thiaw.

Climate Crisis

Climate change creating new virus hotspots 'in our backyard'

30-04-2022 16:15 Climate change will drive animals towards cooler areas where their first encounters with other species will vastly increase the risk of new viruses infecting humans, raising the threat of another pandemic, researchers warned Thursday.

Climate Crisis

10 football pitches of pristine rainforest lost per minute in 2021

30-04-2022 15:42 Huge swathes of tropical rainforest were burned or hacked down for cattle and crops last year, led by destruction in Brazil, researchers said Thursday, warning that climate change itself is making it harder to reverse the losses.

Climate Crisis

Bolsonaro responds after DiCaprio urges Brazil youth to vote

30-04-2022 15:30 Jair Bolsonaro fires back after US actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio urged Brazilian youth to register to vote in the country's October elections – implying they should vote against the far-right president.

Climate Crisis

World lacks time, not minerals for climate-saving technology

30-04-2022 15:12 The rush for resources to build the new energy infrastructure is only a temporary problem.

ENVIRONMENT

Environmentalists march to demand climate change action

23-04-2022 00:09 Coinciding with Earth Day, hundreds of people marched in Buenos Aires on Friday to demand more effort be made to tackle climate change.

Environment

Under shadow of drought, Santiago ditches exotic plants

20-04-2022 14:18 With drought casting a constant shadow over Santiago's 7.1 million residents, there has been a recent rush to replace thirsty, exotic plants with hardier, native ones in the hopes of staving off water rationing.

Climate Crisis

Lots of low- and no-cost ways to halt global warming

07-04-2022 00:15 There is no silver bullet, but a mosaic of actions – from ramping up solar and wind technology, to economy-wide energy efficiencies – could help slash emissions and curb global warming.

ENVIRONMENT

Gabriel Boric wants to lead a green revolution

11-03-2022 09:33 A new generation of leaders in commodity-rich Latin America sees climate change and its link to inequality as the new political fault line, including Chile's new president Gabriel Boric.

Analysis

Will Russia's war on Ukraine help or hinder green energy transition?

10-03-2022 00:50 The transition to green fuels is more relevant than ever to reduce dependence on Russian hydrocarbons.

Climate change

Melting glaciers, fast-disappearing gauge of climate change

24-02-2022 22:36 A crack widens in the San Rafael glacier in Chile's extreme south, and a ten-story iceberg crashes into the lake by the same name – a dramatic reminder of the impacts of global warming.

Mining

Report: Mining firms targeting Brazil protected indigenous lands

23-02-2022 13:04 Major mining companies are seeking to expand to currently protected indigenous lands in the Amazon rainforest, bolstered by billions of dollars in financing from international banks and investment firms

Environment

Petrópolis tragedy: 182 people dead from flash floods and landslides

22-02-2022 23:16 Death toll from flash floods and landslides that hit Brazilian city of Petropolis rises to 182, authorities said.

Environment

Atafona: the Brazil resort town disappearing into the sea

14-02-2022 13:53 Atafona, a Brazilian resort town of some 6,000 people, has long suffered from extreme erosion – now the problem is being exacerbated even more by global warming.

President on tour

President winds up tour with climate talks in Barbados

09-02-2022 10:02 President Alberto Fernández met Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley last Tuesday, along with representatives of other Eastern Caribbean islands, on the last stage of his international tour.

ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY

Deepwater oil targeted by Argentine activists who quashed mining

11-01-2022 21:50 After a recent victory in Chubut Province, environmental activists in Argentina are trying to prevent new oil exploration in the Atlantic Ocean.

ENVIRONMENT

Chilean scientists study climate change at 'end of the world'

05-01-2022 17:20 Chilean scientists studying organisms in one of the most remote places on Earth are urging regional leaders to step up efforts to tackle climate change.

BLOOMBERG

Cannabis price drop creates opportunity for Paraguay

03-01-2022 12:36 As cannabis starts to behave more like an agricultural commodity, there’s a race to find the best growing climate at the lowest cost. In South America, a new candidate is emerging: Paraguay.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Argentine support for floods in Brazil 'would not be of much help,' says Bolsonaro

31-12-2021 00:44 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro explains decision to reject help offered by Argentina to combat the devastating floods in the northeast state of Bahia.

Energy & Environment

Climate crisis puts oil in the crosshairs, but dependence persists

27-12-2021 23:20 The climate crisis has put the end of oil onto the agenda, but achieving that is a colossal task given the world economy's deep dependence on petroleum.

ECONOMY & ENVIRONMENT

Argentina’s agribusiness plan casts doubt on climate goals

27-12-2021 08:00 The plan agreed between the government and the sector faces questions over its impact on Argentina’s emissions reduction targets.

News of climate

Death toll in Chile forest fires rises to 24

Climate disinformation surges in denial, conspiracy comeback

Mountains of waste overwhelm Buenos Aires effort to curb methane

Lula moves to put Brazil at vanguard of climate negotiations

Agriculture and livestock farming devours the forests of Gran Chaco

Uruguay farmers fend off droughts with soy technology, CEO says

Agricultural producers count the cost of prolonged drought

'We don't eat lithium': Latin America longs for benefits of metal boon

Greening global economy brings dependence on critical minerals

What can cities do to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change?

World mayors convene in Buenos Aires for C40 climate summit

United Nations: 54 poor nations urgently need debt relief

High stakes for climate-change race in Brazil vote

Climate and spills in focus as offshore oil gathers pace in Argentina

China nuclear deal held up over Argentina’s reactor fuel demand

The green king: Charles the environmentalist

Anti-monarchists drowned out as UK mourns queen

End of an era: Queen Elizabeth II dies at age of 96

Queen's doctors 'concerned' for her health, says Buckingham Palace

Wind blows in favour of Argentina’s GM crops

Battered by climate change, Latin America must brace for worse: report

Climate Disasters in Latin America Threaten Global Food Security

Sunak or Truss to be Britain's next PM

UK breaches 40C for first time, heat records tumble in France

Climate change's fingerprints on ever hotter heatwaves

Blizzard strands 200, prompts evacuations in Andes near Argentina-Chile border

Billionaires promote CO2-removing schemes to protect climate

Fernandez relays Latin America's ‘concern’ over Ukraine war to Macron

UN: Even chance world will breach 1.5C warming within 5 years

Earth's degraded land at 'breaking point,' warns UN expert

Climate change creating new virus hotspots 'in our backyard'

10 football pitches of pristine rainforest lost per minute in 2021

Bolsonaro responds after DiCaprio urges Brazil youth to vote

World lacks time, not minerals for climate-saving technology

Environmentalists march to demand climate change action

Under shadow of drought, Santiago ditches exotic plants

Lots of low- and no-cost ways to halt global warming

Gabriel Boric wants to lead a green revolution

Will Russia's war on Ukraine help or hinder green energy transition?

Melting glaciers, fast-disappearing gauge of climate change

Report: Mining firms targeting Brazil protected indigenous lands

Petrópolis tragedy: 182 people dead from flash floods and landslides

Atafona: the Brazil resort town disappearing into the sea

President winds up tour with climate talks in Barbados

Deepwater oil targeted by Argentine activists who quashed mining

Chilean scientists study climate change at 'end of the world'

Cannabis price drop creates opportunity for Paraguay

Argentine support for floods in Brazil 'would not be of much help,' says Bolsonaro

Climate crisis puts oil in the crosshairs, but dependence persists

Argentina’s agribusiness plan casts doubt on climate goals

Five of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa handed life sentences

Báez Sosa’s parents say judges ‘fell short with sentences’

10 hidden spots in Argentina to enjoy this summer

India overtakes China in population

Lucio Dupuy trial: Mother, partner found guilty of killing five-year-old

Qué dice la ley y en qué momento podrían salir de prisión los cinco rugbiers condenados a perpetua

La Policía de la Ciudad recluta jóvenes para unirse a la fuerza: cuáles son los requisitos y cuál es el sueldo

Recusan a Horacio Rosatti y acusan a la Corte de ocultarlo

Sierra Chica, el violento penal donde podrían ir los rugbiers condenados por el crimen de Báez Sosa

Vuelos de la muerte | Repatriarán el avión desde donde arrojaron al mar a las Madres de Plaza de Mayo