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Lawsuit filed in federal court of Pará by 8 environmental, Indigenous, quilombola, and fishing organizations points to flaws in the licensing process and requests an injunction to suspend operations

Sixth letter from the president of the Belém conference promises consultations with countries on NDC failures, deforestation, and fossil fuels

Lack of solution to the accommodation crisis in Belém contradicts Brazil’s proposed “mutirão” and casts doubt on the very legitimacy of the negotiations

Approval of the Environmental Licensing Bill just four months before COP30 is the biggest legislative environmental setback since the dictatorship; Lula will have to veto it

Defeating the climate emergency outlined in André Lago’s statement to the international community requires action against fossil fuels

Brazilian president ramps up pressure on environmental agency to secure license for offshore drilling in the Amazon

The steering committee of the Climate Observatory welcomes the appointment of Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago as President of COP30, the climate conference to be held in Belém, and of Climate Change Secretary Ana Toni as its executive director. It is hard to imagine two people better suited for the role, given their extensive experience […]

Move discredits the European Commission and sends signal of impunity to actors on the ground in tropical countries

It is with deep sorrow that the Climate Observatory receives the news of the death of diplomat Daniel Machado da Fonseca, head of the Climate Action Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An expert on international negotiations in the energy sector, Fonseca was an experienced member of the group seeking to rebuild Brazil’s leadership […]

The only choice for Lula to uphold the Constitution and make good on his own promises to indigenous peoples is a total veto of Bill 2.903