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

Q&A: How do climate models work? | @hausfath.bsky.social @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org #CBarchive Read here: bit.ly/3mEf6KH

NEW – Analysis: Only half of Chinese provinces finalise key ‘Document 136’ renewable rules | @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from David Fishman and Muyi Yang Read here ⬇️

DeBriefed | Earth’s first ‘tipping point’; Climate adviser interview; How warming affects children’s health ✍️ Written by @emmahancox.carbonbrief.org 💻 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/HfMg7ld Sign up to DeBriefed ➡️ subscribe.carbonbrief.org

Every Thursday, climate news from Latin America in our newsletter: The “pre-COP” summit anticipates clashes over fossil fuels and climate finance at COP30 Heat-related deaths will double in Latin America in the coming decades NGO calls on Venezuela to approve a national adaptation plan And more:

NEW - What happened in 🇨🇳's climate + energy space in the last 2 weeks: 🛳️ New rare earth, magnet and battery export controls ☀️ Proposal to broaden provinces' renewable energy quotas 📈 IEA says 🇨🇳 could hit 2035 wind and solar target in 2030 Find our more in my latest @carbonbrief.org China Briefing⬇

“Extreme” wildfires emitted more than 8bn tonnes of carbon dioxide during the 2024-25 “global fire season”, according to the annual “state of wildfires” report. 👩🏽‍🚒🌳 Fires burned at least 3.7m square kilometres of land – an area larger than India. Check out the results for various regions ⬇️

Latin America in our Daily Briefing: 64% of Brazilian people say they are supportive of COP30 being held in their country 73% of Argentina's climate commitments are not on track to be achieved by 2030 México City will commit to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 35% by 2030. Read more

Last week, @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org and I attended the first-ever conference on climate "overshoot" in Vienna. Here's our summary of the wide-ranging discussions. (Bearing in mind we were two journalists covering 8 conference themes...!)

🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽 Cropped | US government shutdown; EU loses green space; Migratory species extinction threat ✍️ @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @giulianaviglione.bsky.social Read here ➡️ buff.ly/HBhZIz4

From Indian car owners to Canadian canola farmers, biofuels have been in the news for all kinds of reasons. Here’s everything you wanted to know about biofuels & climate: www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-count... By me for @carbonbrief.org 🖼️📈 @kerryanncleaver.bsky.social @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org

The latest EAT Lancet report finds that a global shift towards a "planetary health diet” 🥕🐟 could cut agri emissions by 15% by 2050 It proposes: - A plant-based diet, limited intake of meat and dairy, and other foods - Access to just food systems - Inclusion of dietary cultural differences 👇

NEW – Q&A: What the ‘controversial’ GWP* methane metric means for farming emissions | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/vmZWYtQ

I’ve spent months looking into GWP* - a way of measuring methane that has been labelled an 'accounting trick' by some and a fairer way to assess methane by others This Q&A gets into all the science and spats about GWP* and the current situation in places like NZ and Ireland 🐮 buff.ly/vmZWYtQ

Climate news from Latin America in our newsletter: Brazil’s forest fund delayed ahead of COP30 COP30 will have 1,240 volunteers Cuba’s capital, affected by floods after an intense drought 13 Argentinian provinces oppose a potential withdrawal of Argentina from the Paris Agreement read more 🔽

NEW – Analysis: Half of global emissions covered by 2035 climate pledges after UN summit in New York | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Ho Woo Nam Read here: buff.ly/gV0HmBt

Today's @carbonbrief.org Daily Briefing factchecks the false climate claims in Donald Trump's tirade to the UN www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/...

NEW – Revealed: Use of heat ‘emergencies’ for rough sleepers hits record in England and Wales | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/w0JNUlv

Latin American climate news in our newsletter 🌎: Mexico proposes to cut its budget for climate mitigation and adaptation Construction workers ended their strike in Belém Colombia’s government launched a programme to substitute energy subsidies for solar panels in certain households and more 🔽

In today's edition: - The High Seas Treaty will take effect next January - The WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies entered into force after adoption by 112 countries - I reported from Belém on an initiative that will serve food from family farmers at COP30 Read more 👇

In today's DeBriefed edition. Reporting from the Amazonian state of Pará, Brazil, which will host COP30, we explore how cattle producers are implementing beef traceability to prevent deforestation 🐄🌴 EU “failed to agree” on its 2035 climate target Australia announced new NDC Read more 🔽

Growing tall trees providing shade to cocoa plantations 🍫, like banana, palm and timber trees, could sequester millions of tonnes of carbon in west Africa, without reducing production, a new study found. This is due to additional carbon stored in shade trees. Read more in our piece 🔽

Latin American climate news 🌎 in our Daily Briefing: Brazil’s Amazon emits “more carbon than 186 UN member states” Mexico’s budget bill for 2026 will cut climate spending by 1.2% Argentina’s environmental budget bill will drop by 21% compared to the current year read more 🔽

🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽 Cropped | ‘Frustrating’ Amazon summit; Workplace heat hazards; Record European wildfires ✍️ @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @yaninequiroz.bsky.social Read here ➡️ buff.ly/Kg6XP1v Sign up to Cropped here ➡️ buff.ly/4aK0stL

Latin America today: The COP30 presidency urged countries to update their NDCs since 80% of 197 parties have not yet done so. Lula will travel to the ACTO summit this week to seek support to create a forest fund Chile expects a “possible return” of La Niña for the rest of 2025 and more

DeBriefed | Raging wildfires; Xi’s priorities; Factchecking the Trump climate report ✍️ Written by @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org 💻 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/6DFuoV8 Sign up to DeBriefed here ➡️ subscribe.carbonbrief.org

Daily Briefing: Plastic talks ‘collapse’ | Spain battles blazes | ‘Hellish’ heatwave ➡️ Read today's full briefing here: buff.ly/sArGCl7 ➡️ Sign up to our email briefings: buff.ly/3kFciAO

Climate news from Latin America: - NGOs warned that COP30 “risks being the most exclusive in history" - Bolivia’s reserves of lithium are used in political campaigns for the country's general elections - The Amazon could transform into a dry savannah in “less than a century” and more

Huge thanks to the dozens of climate scientists who sent us their rebuttals to the catalogue of outright falsehoods and misleading claims in Trump's new 'critical' climate report. This factcheck is the longest article CB has ever published - 27,500 words already and likely to keep growing...

What is the word to describe the feeling you get when you write about how young(ish) women who are regularly exposed to climate information are more likely to feel climate anxiety... Really enjoyed speaking to researchers for this @carbonbrief.org explainer www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-wh...

Latin America's climate news in our newsletter: COP30 president-elect André Correa do Lago acknowledges that the high price of hotels in Belém may undermine the negotiations He says “there’s no B plan” for COP30 Lena Estrada has resigned as Colombia’s environment minister read more 👇

The Cali Fund agreed at COP16 talks last year is still empty 5 months after its launch - despite expectations of first pledges in spring FOI docs also show that AstraZeneca did not take up an offer to be a "frontrunner" in committing to donate to the fund www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-cal...

Latin America today: Brazil’s decision to host COP30 in Belém “one of the poorest cities” is not an “accident” PR firm Edelman, linked to Shell, won a contract to craft a media strategy for COP30 Bolivia's presidential candidates “sidelined” the Amazon and support extractive activities and more

🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽 Cropped | ‘Unprecedented’ ocean heatwaves; ‘Uneven’ hunger progress; Brazil’s ‘devastation bill’ ✍️ @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org Svetlana Onye @giulianaviglione.bsky.social Read here ➡️ buff.ly/ZN1GQBh

We picked up 5 charts explaining the latest UN report on food insecurity. 📈 Interestingly, the report finds that the average # of undernourished people fell worldwide by 15 million people in 2024, compared to the previous year. However, progress has been uneven. In Africa, hunger continues to rise.

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In our newsletter, my colleague @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org tells us about the US lobster shell disease, intensified by climate change. A letter issued by EU countries call to simplify anti-deforestation rules Global agri emissions to rise by 6% by 2034 New food strategy for England and more

We've made some changes to our Daily Briefing. ✨ We still have our Latin American section every Thursday: - “Alarming” snowpack decrease on the Andean mountains in Chile - An area of the Atacama desert in northern Chile has received a “strong” snowfall Read more here 🔽