A BBC report found on Wednesday that tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazonian rainforest are being cleared ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

Dr Yasmin Fouad, the Minister of Environment, held an extensive meeting at the ministry's headquarters in the New ...

A highway cutting through the Amazon rainforest for COP30 in Brazil has sparked criticism. Thousands of acres of forest have ...

The Amazon is vital for absorbing carbon and maintaining biodiversity. Many argue that clearing land for a road goes against ...

The Brazilian government has defended the decision, saying the highway would be “sustainable”. The secretary of the state government’s infrastructure said the highway will include wildlife crossings ...

President Donald Trump has frozen US contributions to the global pot and withdrawn from a funding deal to help developing nations transition to clean energy, among other climate initiatives ...

As Brazil clears the Amazon for a highway to host COP30, questions arise over whether such a move undermines the summit’s ...

Brazil is cutting thousands of trees in the Amazon rainforest to build a 4-lane highway for the upcoming COP30 climate summit ...

The researchers highlighted two major deforestation hotspots: a northern area covering Bahia and Minas Gerais, where eucalyptus plantations and pasture expansions dominated; and a southern hotspot in ...

Commentator Adam Brooks has hit out at the "climate hypocrisy" in Brazil as workers cut down thousands of Amazon rainforest ...

US District Judge Beryl Howell, an Obama appointee, blocked part of President Trump’s executive order barring employees from DNC law firm Perkins Coie from entering federal buildings. Beryl Howell ...

Ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, developers are carving a four-lane highway through protected tracts of ...