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More than 100 global leaders late on Monday pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by $19 billion in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests.

Executives of more than 100 big companies call for action to stop illegal Amazon rainforest destruction and an agreement on rules for global carbon markets at COP26 ...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that profits from state-run oil firm Petrobras could be used to alleviate rising fuel prices in the country, among possibilities for confronting higher prices.

Brazilian state-run utility Eletrobras said on Tuesday that electric sector regulator Aneel ruled that the company would receive a 2.67 billion reais ($500 million) credit related to the "fuel consumption account" program.

Brazil's Senate on Wednesday approved a bill authorizing the president to temporarily break patents for vaccines and their ingredients in health or public emergencies, such as the coronavirus pandemic.

Severe droughts are drying up rivers and reservoirs vital for the production of zero-emissions hydropower in several countries around the globe, in some cases leading governments to rely more heavily on fossil fuels.

BRASILIA — Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday approved a bill authorizing the president to temporarily break patents for vaccines and their ingredients in health or…

Brazilian retailer Lojas Americanas SA said on Wednesday it had agreed to acquire grocery chain Hortifruti Natural da Terra for 2.1 billion reais ($402 million), in a strategic move into the fresh foods sector.

After spending hundreds of hours in virtual meetings to complete this week's major U.N. climate report, scientists Piers Forster and Joeri Rogelj celebrated in a way their peers could not: by hugging.

The UN climate panel sounded a dire warning on Monday (9 August), saying the world is dangerously close to runaway warming – and that humans are