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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. The timing of these climate disputes is not accidental. There is, therefore, no legally valid option to simply omit to combat climate change,” the ruling said.

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HotSpots H2O: In Madagascar, Droughts Caused by Climate Change Contribute to Famine

Circle of Blue

Though its northern and central regions are lush with tropical weather and rainforests, the south is historically dry, comprising vast desert stretches. But the climate has become so variable, with vast dry periods, then sudden and unpredictable monsoon events, that harvests have become impossible to reliably cultivate.

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Climate Change Is Intensifying the Water Cycle, New IPCC Report Finds

Circle of Blue

According to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report published Monday, Southeast Asia coastal zones are among the world’s most climate vulnerable regions. Graphic courtesy of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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Listening to the Endangered Sounds of the Amazon Rainforest

Inside Climate News

“The Territory,” a documentary about the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people’s fight to protect their land, spotlights the unique natural music of the rainforest. By Kiley Bense Watching the first few minutes of “The Territory,” a new documentary set in the Amazon rainforest, is like listening to a symphony of deforestation.

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Brazilian election will determine the future of the Amazon rainforest

New Scientist

The re-election of president Jair Bolsonaro would severely harm the Amazon rainforest, while his rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is promising to reverse much of the recent environmental damage and meet climate change targets

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Greenland Dispatch #1: the Courage to Face Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Greenland Ice Sheet, like the Amazon rainforest, is fast approaching a juncture of degradation that the Himalayan and Tien Shan glaciers have already breached.

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In the Amazon, Indigenous and Locally Controlled Land Stores Carbon, but the Rest of the Rainforest Emits Greenhouse Gases

Inside Climate News

By Bob Berwyn, Katie Surma Forests managed by Indigenous peoples and other local communities in the Amazon region draw vast amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere while the rest of the rainforest has become a net source of the greenhouse gas, a new report has found.