Brazil Climate Struggle Amazon favelas demand justice amid climate crisis and neglect 11-11-2025 16:20 Residents of favelas in Belém Brazil face extreme heat and neglect as climate change intensifies during COP30.
Action Over Chatter Lula pushes for serious climate action ahead of COP30 05-11-2025 01:49 Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva urges for global collaboration on climate change while preparing to host COP30 in the Amazon.
Foreign policy & diplomacy Argentina hasn’t confirmed whether it will attend COP30 summit 04-11-2025 23:26 Argentina hasn’t registered to attend the COP30 climate summit, which begins later this week.
ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE Almost 300-year-old tree moved to make way for road widening 10-07-2025 00:11 Environmentalists fear ancient quebracho tree in Villa Allende, near Córdoba, will not survive transplant operation ordered by municipal government to allow road expansion.
Environment & rights Inter-American court says states must protect people from climate change 04-07-2025 09:35 Decision means that around 20 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean – including Argentina – must undertake legal reforms to protect populations from climate change.
WATER AND ARGENTINA Where water runs dry, hope begins 29-06-2025 06:26 With over seven million compatriots without access to drinking water, the situation is becoming especially dramatic in the face of the extreme events arising from climate change. Nevertheless, persons and communities – especially the most vulnerable – are working together with NGOs to confront an increasingly hostile reality with creativity and communal effort. by Fernanda Sández
ENVIRONMENT Brazil records 62% jump in area burned by forest fires, says monitor 24-06-2025 09:51 According to monitoring platform MapBiomas, fires razed 30 million hectares last year – a 62 percent jump compared to the 18.5 million hectares burned annually on average.
politics & environment Milei decree to amend Glaciers Law, extend areas for exploitation 10-06-2025 12:09 President Javier Milei’s government administration says that environmental controls will remain while giving provinces greater autonomy.
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE Clouds and conspiracies: concerns over push to make rain 28-03-2025 12:06 As climate change drives floods and drought, rainmaking is in fashion across the world, despite mixed evidence that it works and concerns it can stoke cross-border tensions.
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE Report: Climate change partly behind deadly Bahía Blanca deluge 27-03-2025 09:31 Study by World Weather Attribution network of researchers concludes that climate change partly contributed to the deadly flooding in port city of Bahía Blanca.
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE World's biggest iceberg runs aground, sparing wildlife haven island 04-03-2025 13:30 The colossal iceberg A23a – which is more than twice the size of Greater London and weighs nearly one trillion tonnes – has been drifting north from Antarctica towards South Georgia island since 2020.
ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE Capybaras in Entre Ríos Province dyed Hulk green by algae 14-02-2025 10:01 Argentina's beloved giant rodent, the capybara, has been coated in Hulk-green slime in and around Entre Ríos Province.
ENVIRONMENT Argentina’s top environment official resigns post 14-02-2025 01:14 With forest fires raging in Argentina's north and south and President Milei analysing a withdrawal from the Paris climate accords, Environment Undersecretary Ana Lamas presents resignation due to “exhaustion” and “personal reasons.”
ENVIRONMENT After Patagonia, fires rip through northeast Argentina 11-02-2025 22:26 Fires in the northeastern province of Corrientes have consumed up to 250,000 hectares of land in northeast Argentina since January.
ENVIRONMENT Residents concerned as waters of Buenos Aires creek turn red 07-02-2025 00:09 The waters of a creek on the outskirts of the city flowed deep red Thursday, triggering concern among residents of Avellaneda.
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE Milei says he’s considering taking Argentina out of Paris Agreement 06-02-2025 08:11 Hours after confirming nation’s withdrawal from World Health Organization, President tells French media outlet that he is analysing exit from Paris climate accords.
ENVIRONMENT One dead, hundreds evacuated as wildfires continue to burn in Patagonia 03-02-2025 09:01 Authorities in Río Negro Province say a man has died and more than 800 people evacuated as forest fires continue to rage near El Bolsón.
ENVIRONMENT Hundreds of homes evacuated as Patagonia fires spread 16-01-2025 14:49 Forest fires in Patagonia force evacuation of 200 families, destroying some 2,000 hectares of terrain in the town of Epuyén.
ENVIRONMENT Uruguay bucks 2024 global warming trend 10-01-2025 09:25 The world experienced its hottest year in 2024 since records began, but in Uruguay, global warming was counteracted by bouts of "near-historic" cold.
CRIME & SECURITY Interpol arrests 26 on triple border for deforestation, trafficking of native trees 17-12-2024 08:32 Paraguayan police arrest 26 people in Interpol-led operation for illegal deforestation and trafficking of native quebracho wood trees on the border between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
As I see it Green going out of fashion 23-11-2024 06:00 Javier Milei is far from being the only prominent person who thinks global-warming activists have rather more in mind than an understandable desire to prevent the entire planet from going up in flames. by James Neilson
FRENCH PRESIDENT IN BUENOS AIRES Macron defends French farmers during talks with Milei 18-11-2024 10:30 French President Emmanuel Macron defends his nation's resistance to the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal as he visits President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires.
BILATERAL VISIT Macron presses Milei on climate action, multilateralism during talks 17-11-2024 09:26 French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Argentina on Saturday for a bilateral visit with President Javier Milei that will focus on international consensus, EU-Mercosur trade deal and global issues, particularly climate change.
ENVIRONMENT Is Milei on the verge of withdrawing Argentina from the Paris Agreement? 15-11-2024 21:40 President Javier Milei's decision to withdraw his negotiators from the climate change conference in Baku breaks with the climate foreign policy maintained by his predecessors.
ENVIRONMENT Argentina considering Paris climate pact exit, reports NYT 15-11-2024 10:07 Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein says Argentina is “re-evaluating our strategy on all matters related to climate change."
ENVIRONMENT COP29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil 14-11-2024 13:18 Host Azerbaijan tries to lower tensions after top French minister cancels trip to the UN climate talks and Argentina withdraws delegation.
ENVIRONMENT Milei's COP29 team leaves as Trump tensions hang over summit 14-11-2024 12:06 Argentina's abrupt exit and France's partial withdrawal from the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan have raised concerns about political tensions, overshadowing efforts to secure a crucial climate finance agreement.
Fast fashion Buy now, pay later: Latin America pressured by Chinese online shops 14-11-2024 07:37 Chinese ultra-fast fashion platforms like Shein and Temu have made it Latin America. As Chinese commercial influence grows in the region, governments are implementing tax measures to protect domestic markets.
EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL Blocking and Bargaining: France and farmers fight EU-Mercosur trade deal 13-11-2024 15:35 The EU-Mercosur trade deal, which would create the world’s largest free trade zone, is nearing potential ratification after 25 years of negotiation, despite fierce opposition from France and European farmers.
ENVIRONMENT Big guns descend on Cali for final push in UN biodiversity talks 29-10-2024 15:45 Heads of state, ministers and UN Secretary General António Guterres arrived in Cali Tuesday hoping to add impetus to grinding talks on ways to save nature from human destruction.
ENVIRONMENT UN biodiversity summit in Colombia calls for action and finance 21-10-2024 15:04 Delegates from almost 200 countries are gathering this week in Cali, Colombia, for the biennial United Nations summit on biodiversity.
ENERGY & GAS Bolivia natural gas shortage sends economy teetering 09-10-2024 13:57 Bolivia's once powerful natural gas industry is now on the verge of collapse as a result of a lack of investment and maintenance. The fall of the state-supported industry has sent shockwaves through Bolivia's economy.
AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY Global food prices risk spiking on worst-ever drought in Brazil 06-10-2024 09:47 The worst drought in Brazil’s history is jeopardising coffee, sugar and soybean crops. Dead vegetation is giving way to fires, sending greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and disappearing more of the Amazon rainforest.
ENVIRONMENT Brazilians choke as fire smoke blankets 80% of country 30-09-2024 16:44 Brazil is suffering the effects of a multiplication of fires from north to south in the midst of an extreme drought linked to climate change.
ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE Wildfires continue to ravage Córdoba as Milei spreads fake news 26-09-2024 15:57 Firefighters are seeking to contain wildfires that have set ablaze at least 70,000 hectares. President Milei, fresh from his trip to New York, travels to the region to survey damage – and then spreads fake news about the event on social media.
ENVIRONMENT Soda Stereo rocker Charly Alberti named UN environment ambassador 24-09-2024 14:46 Musician Charly Alberti, drummer with the legendary Argentine band, signs up as regional ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
ECONOMY & ENVIRONMENT Lithium fever overshadows environmental concerns 13-08-2024 17:18 Lithium is a critical ingredient in electric car batteries and crucial for the global shift away from fossil fuels. But interest in the metal is a boon for some, doom for others.
HUMAN RIGHTS Amnesty Int'l slams Argentina's ‘regressive’ turn on gender, environmental issues 25-06-2024 21:24 Global rights watchdog Amnesty International expresses dissatisfaction at Milei government’s shift on longstanding “historic consensus on gender, environment and human rights defenders” at Organisation of American States.
MINING Mendoza makes a play for copper in Argentina mining revival 31-05-2024 11:50 Mendoza Province is moving to spur exploration of its copper deposits long shunned by prospectors due to restrictions and red tape.
Science & Nature In Darwin's footsteps: scientists recreate historic 1830s expedition 30-05-2024 12:45 Sarah Darwin, the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin, is one of a group of scientists and environmentalists who have sailed from Plymouth to the Galapagos over the last year.
ENVIRONMENT Record heat index of 62.3C scorches Rio de Janeiro 18-03-2024 10:58 A heat wave stifling Brazil set new records on Sunday, with Rio de Janeiro's heat index hitting 62.3 degrees Celsius, the highest in a decade.
Climate Change Indigenous Colombians fret as sacred mountain glaciers melt 28-02-2024 11:50 The inhabitants of the Sierra Nevada range in north Colombia share fears about changing climate as record heat waves melt glacial peaks and ruin crops.
Environmental Policy Trump's green-bashing and Europe's right put climate goals at risk 27-02-2024 11:58 Politicians are vowing to roll back green policies and downplaying climate change ahead of key elections on both sides of the Atlantic, casting doubt on whether countries can maintain momentum in the transition away from fossil fuels.
HEALTHCARE & SOCIETY Mosquito invasion hits Buenos Aires and its surroundings 20-02-2024 14:12 Experts warn influx of mosquitoes is expected to last several weeks and recommend protective measures; Buenos Aires Province government to provide free repellent to residents across territory.
Agriculture Natural pesticides gain ground in 'agri-tox' capital Brazil 19-02-2024 14:14 Agricultural powerhouse Brazil may be the world leader in chemical pesticide use, but there is a growing trend of farmers turning to natural products known as "biopesticides."
Environment Studying the otherworldly sounds in Antarctic waters 16-02-2024 10:48 A Colombian scientific expedition to the Southern Ocean is researching underwater hums, pitches and echoes to better understand life in the deep.
Archaeology Roads, farming threaten Ecuador 'lost city' complex 14-02-2024 06:37 The remains of a massive 2,500-year-old network of Ecuadorean cities are being threatened by road and farm encroachment just as its long-held secrets are being revealed.
Environment Polluted paradise: Chile town waits for clean-up as coal shuts off 12-02-2024 13:28 Coal-fired plants and factories bellow noxious fumes into the air in a small town, but Chile has embarked on a whirlwind energy transition
ENVIRONMENT Chile wildfire death toll rises to 131 06-02-2024 16:46 Death toll from weekend inferno that razed hilltop neighbourhoods in coastal region of Chile rises to 131.
ENVIRONMENT Environmental groups denounce ‘corporate lobby’ seeking to overturn glacier law 05-02-2024 16:30 Number of social and environmental organisations issue joint statement slamming influence of mining multinationals over provincial representatives in Congress; Legislative changes contained in President Milei’s omnibus reform bill could allow exploitation of banned glacial and per-glacial areas.