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COP30: Brazil seeks biofuel boom, but critics query climate impact
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil's plan to quadruple global use of green fuels could have mixed climate impact.
Food & Agriculture
Brazil’s Indigenous battle with a dry Amazon rainforest
As pastures and thirsty crops dry up the Amazon, Indigenous people try to adapt traditional farming methods.
Kuala Lumpur must confront weak local governance, shrinking green spaces and rising urban heat, said the former environment minister. The challenge now is to adapt and manoeuvre wisely, drawing on lessons from a time when Southeast Asian cities were once seamlessly embedded in nature.
Food & Agriculture
At COP30, Brazil’s farmers defend record on forests
Facing EU anti-deforestation rules, Brazilian farmers at COP30 say they're unfairly blamed for rainforest destruction.
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News / Carbon & Climate
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