Latin American climate news in our Daily Briefing: Sheinbaum proposes fracking plan Deforestation in Colombia reached 72,409 hectares in 2025, 6% more than in 2024 Andean glaciers in South America face a “critical situation” due to climate change and extractive industries and more here 🔽

Today, in our newsletter dedicated to nature, farming and land-use change: Cranes, the UK’s tallest bird, make a remarkable comeback from extinction COP15 on Migratory Species ended with the protection of 40 migratory species The war in the Middle East drives up food prices and more 🔽

Latin American climate news: - Ibero-American countries agreed to a roadmap to address climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution - Mercosur-EU trade agreement will enter into force on 1st May - Colombia’s lower chamber passed a traceability bill to cut deforestation from livestock & more 🔽

NEW – Limiting global warming to 2C would not ‘rule out’ extreme impacts | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from @bevacquae.bsky.social @erichfischer.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/xRDSktf

Guest post: How declining cloudiness is accelerating global warming ✍️ By @pauloceppi.bsky.social Read this new article here ➡️ buff.ly/oLxKacO

Our team is having fun at the #CBQuiz 2026 organized by @carbonbrief.org! And the questions are tricky yet again - to nobody's surprise, of course! @kenrice.bsky.social @baerbelw.bsky.social @jim-hunt.bsky.social @dananuccitelli.bsky.social

Thanks to @carbonbrief.org for hosting the 11th and every challenging #CBquiz. #WWF team Bamboo-zeled had a great time and are proud of our 8th place out of 39 teams. Going to swot up on European environment ministers names for next year!

Every Thursday, we include climate news from Latin America 🌎 in our Daily Briefing. In today's edition: Brazil’s plan to reduce emissions by 49-58% by 2035 Chile’s new government revoked 43 environmental decrees Paraguay announced cuts to environmental and climate policies Read more here 🔽

And the 🏆 winners 🏆 of the #CBQuiz 2026 are.... CEEW (Council on Energy, Environment and Water) from India Congratulations, and thank you all for playing. You can take a look at the full leaderboard below. See you next year!

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NEW – Q&A: How climate change and war threaten Iran’s water supplies | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/rcjFJKy

Climate news from Latin America in our newsletter: - Record floods in Brazil expected to intensify with the burning of fossil fuels - Colombia’s new congress will resume discussions on energy transition and climate action - Peru needs to plan its energy security in the coming 50 years and more 🔽

I worked with Megan Barnes, a researcher at the University of Nottingham as part of the Envision PhD programme, to animate this video about her research into mitochondria and adaptation. mairperkins.co.uk/animations/m...

We just launched Frontier’s 2026 Innovation program! We will provide R&D grants and pre-purchases to address critical field research gaps and get emerging technologies out of the lab and into the field: frontierclimate.com/... We are specifically looking for:

🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽 Cropped: Iran water worries | Seabed-mining treaty progress | Women farmers and climate change ✍️ @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social Subscribe to our newsletters ➡️ buff.ly/k84LIFK Read here ⬇️

Drought and heatwaves occurring together (compound events) have “surged” across the world since the early 2000s, a new study shows. This increase is predominantly driven by events that start with a heatwave. Read more 🔽

NEW – Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, study says ✍️ @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org Read here ⬇️

NEW – Analysis: Half of nations meet UN deadline for nature-loss reporting | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/T18a3AS

NEW – Limiting warming to 2C is ‘crucial’ to protect pristine Antarctic Peninsula ✍️ @giulianaviglione.bsky.social 💬 comments from @iceybethan.bsky.social @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social @tridatta.bsky.social @scottdoney.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/wELuQCm

Every Thursday, Latin American climate news in our newsletter: Heavy storms hit Brazil’s state of Minas Gerais earlier this week Venezuela's average temperature increased by 1.8C over the past 100 years Peru issued regulation to address the effects of heat on public health And more 🔽

🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽 Cropped: Food inflation strikes | El Niño looms | Biodiversity talks stagnate ✍️ @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @giulianaviglione.bsky.social Subscribe to our newsletters ➡️ buff.ly/k84LIFK Read here ⬇️

Mapped: How ‘proxy’ data reveals the climate of the Earth’s distant past | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @hausfath.bsky.social @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org #CBarchive Read here ➡️ bit.ly/3dljN8U

NEW – Dangerous heat for Tour de France riders only a ‘question of time’ ✍️ @giulianaviglione.bsky.social 💬 comments from Dr. Jessica Murfree, Madeleine Orr and Ivana Cvijanovic Read here: buff.ly/Za9x6Rg

In our weekly newsletter we covered the EU warning to prepare for a 3C warmer planet, the removing of "climate change" from the @iea.org priorities and interviewed researchers from Chile and Argentina who commented on the influence of non-native trees in the recent wildfires, among other news. 🔽

Every Thursday, Latin America in our Daily Briefing: Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon continues to fall in 2026 More than 12,500 climate disasters hit the Amazon region between 2013-2023 Chile’s electric system reached a “historical participation” of 93.5% of renewables last month and more

Latin American news in our daily newsletter: - Experts criticised Argentina’s government cuts to fire management budget - Brazil missed deadline for delivering a national roadmap to phase out fossil fuels - Venezuela’s interim president proposed strengthening oil and mining extraction read more

NEW – IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/sYndpga

In today's Cropped edition: - Carbon Brief spoke to @ipbes.net's chair and the chief executive about the US withdrawal from the panel - The International Seabed Authority called on EU to agree on a rule book on deep-sea mining - The @fao.org “food price index” fell in January and more 🔽

The weather conditions preceding the recent wildfires in Chile and Argentina were 3 times more likely due to human-caused climate change. 🌎🌲 We delved into a rapid attribution study by the @wwattribution.bsky.social service and summed up the impacts and vulneratibility to fires in both countries. 🔽

Climate change and La Niña made ‘devastating’ southern African floods more intense Analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social #climatecrisis By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @yaninequiroz.bsky.social www.carbonbrief.org/climate-chan...

Every Thursay, climate news from Latin America in our newsletter: Wildfires in Chile have now burned more than 40,000 ha of forests. Wildfires in Argentina’s Patriada port remain active. Costa Rica’s presidential candidates have “barely mentioned” climate change in their manifestos. And more 🔽

A healthy diet using the least expensive foods could reduce dietary emissions by one-third and cost about one-third less than the most-consumed foods, a study found. Some food groups that are low in both cost and emissions include legumes, nuts and seeds, and oils and fats. 🥜🍎🥕 Read more 🔽

Latest climate news from Latin America 🌎: - Wildfires in Argentine Patagonia have engulfed more than 21,000 hectares and damaged houses. - Petrobras and Shell funded a study to assess carbon stocks in Brazil. - "Energy crisis" affecting Cuba and Bolivia. Read more here 🔽

What were the scientific articles most covered by the media in 2025 about? Check out this must-read analysis by Carbon Brief here 🔽

2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate ⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content ⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps ⬆️ Second warmest troposphere ⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs ⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...

Cropped 14 January 2026: Wildfires scorch three continents; EU trade; Food and nature in 2026 #Climate

Our first Cropped edition of the year: 2026 Food, land and nature moments to watch out for France and Italy seek a carve-out for fertilisers from the EU’s carbon border tax. The EU is set to sign the Mercosur trade deal. Wildfires in Australia, South Africa and Argentina. And more 🔽

Every Thursday, climate news from Latin America in our Daily briefing: - US sets out bare-bones plan to control Venezuela’s oil sales. - Mexico expects a deficit in rainfall in the first quarter of the year. - Chile has banked on green hydrogen, while electromobility is boosted in Latam.

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🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽 Cropped | ‘Deadly’ Asia floods; Boosting London’s water birds; UN headwinds ✍️ @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/aGjMp7M

Every Thursday, Latin American climate news in our newsletter: Amazon countries don't report all of the disasters recorded in their regions. Need for consensus around Argentina’s energy policy. Mexico city announced the issuance of a green bond for sustainable mobility. read more 🔽

Climate news from Latin America: - This year Mexico prioritised fossil fuels and made cuts to the environmental sector. - Ecuador legalised 19,000 hectares of indigenous lands to reduce deforestation. - Argentina did not update its NDC and cut environment budget. And more here 🔽

In today's edition of our newsletter: - An interview with a Saudi Arabian minister who talked about the desertification COP and the fossil fuel roadmap - The latest coverage on the results of COP30 on food and forests. - Droughts in Somalia and impacts on cocoa production. And much more 🔽

Truly collective effort from my @carbonbrief.org colleagues to sum up COP30. What was achieved: voluntary initiative to accelarate implementation of NDCs, reduced set of adaptation indicators, a mechanism for just transition What slipped away: fossil fuel and defirestation roadmaps Read more 🔽

NEW – COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3isyGpX #COP30

To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!

If you're still figuring out what the #TFFF means for climate and nature finance in an era of backtracking, aid cuts and Baku amnesia, I wrote about in last week's Cropped. www.carbonbrief.org/cropped-5-no... (in-depth explainer w/ @yaninequiroz.bsky.social www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-could-...)

Brazil’s $125bn forest fund – framed as the “biggest thing to come out of COP30” – goes live tomorrow. Critics point out that TFFF “puts private investors first”, forest payouts last + sets a 🌳 bar too low to be “scientifically credible”. @yaninequiroz.bsky.social and I 🕵🏽‍♀️, for @carbonbrief.org.

Happy to share our new Q&A about the importance of soil health for agriculture and climate mitigation 🐛🌱🥕, from degraded agricultural lands - including drivers and impacts on emissions - to solutions and international policies aimed at regenerating soils. Useful for following COP negotiations 🔽.

🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽 Cropped | Global forest loss dips; Bird species in peril; Climate impact on Thai trees Read here ➡️ buff.ly/Dh3I5bf Subscribe to Cropped ➡️ subscribe.carbonbrief.org