Volkswagen Convicted Over Slave Labor on Its Amazon Cattle Ranch
A Redenção labor court convicted Volkswagen do Brasil on June 11, 2026, awarding R$2M (~$400K) each to 3 workers over...
June 21, 2026Topic
Amazon
Brazil’s 2026 Climate Policy: What the Plano Clima Means for Markets
Brazil climate policy 2026: Plano Clima 2024-2035 ratified, regulated carbon market under Law 15.042, zero illegal deforestation by 2030 —...
May 18, 2026
Amazon’s Drought Risk Skyrockets Due to Climate Change
Climate change significantly increased the likelihood of last year's severe drought in the Amazon, a study by the World Weather...
January 25, 2024
Amazon Sovereignty Threatened, Says Barroso at Davos
Roberto Barroso, President of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, raised serious concerns at the 2024 World Economic Forum in Davos.
January 18, 2024
Tech companies laid off more in 2022 than at the height of the pandemic
Tech companies are laying off employees at a faster pace than at any time during the pandemic, according to a...
January 5, 2023
Brazil, Indonesia, and Congo push for rainforest ‘OPEC’
Lula da Silva's election in Brazil has put the conservation of the world's rainforests back on the table. Three countries...
November 8, 2022
COP27 applauds Lula da Silva’s election, but wants Brazil to review its commitments
The UN summit (United Nations) expects that the arrival of president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Workers' Party - PT,...
November 4, 2022
Norway, the largest donor to the Amazon fund, will resume aid after Lula da Silva’s victory
Norway will resume financial aid against Amazon deforestation in Brazil, frozen during Jair Bolsonaro's presidency, Norway's Environment
October 31, 2022
Brazilian Amazon suffers worst drought in decades
vJust a few months after facing floods that destroyed crops and submerged entire communities, thousands of families in the Brazilian...
October 20, 2022