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The Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque, stated that Brazil should have 50% of its energy matrix clean by 2030 – an evolution of the current 48%, classified by the minister as “already impressive”. The statement was made during a participation by the minister in the panel of the Sugarcane Industry Union (Unica) and […]

Brazil has proven to be a leader in climate issues by making commitments at COP26, the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change in 2021, however, it has delivered less than it can, according to the assessment of the coordinator of the International Relations course from FAAP, Fernanda Magnotta, in an interview with CNN this […]

The commitments made by Brazil and the main nations of the world to contain climate change at COP26 “are encouraging, but they do not solve the situation”, assesses André Ferretti, manager of Biodiversity Economics at Fundação Grupo Boticário and also a member of the Network of Specialists in Nature Conservation. In an interview with CNN […]

Australian police ended an extensive 18-day search for a missing 4-year-old girl. She was found by officers at a house in the small town of Carnarvon, Australia. A video, recorded by the agents, recorded the moment when a police officer picked up the child and asked: “What’s your name?” The girl then replied: “My name […]

A Chinese man was detained for nine days after sending a meme to a chat group that was deemed “offensive to the police”. The incident went viral on Chinese social media. The man, identified only by his surname Li, allegedly sent the meme on Chinese social media platform WeChat, in a group conversation complaining about […]

This Wednesday (3), the summit of the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26), held in Glasgow, Scotland, discusses the global financial investment needed to fulfill the commitments to reduce pollutant emissions and to the development of sustainable strategies for economies. The schedule includes activities that will clarify how climate finance has been mobilized […]

The mood in Glasgow was optimistic on Tuesday (2), with world leaders wrapping up their high-level summit at the COP26 climate conference. Several important announcements illuminated the meeting’s prospect of achieving significant results. Here is a summary of what happened on this second day. The big promise against methane About 100 nations have signed a […]

On the second day of COP26, Brazil signed a global commitment to reduce methane gas emissions by 30% by 2030. For environmentalist Fábio Feldmann, the country’s adhesion demonstrates a change in posture compared to recent years “There was a change in Brazil’s position for obvious reasons: the country was isolated at the COP and in […]

Democrat Eric Adams was elected the 110th mayor of New York City, according to a projection by CNN, in defeating Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. Adams, a retired New York Police Department captain who embraced a public safety message, will be the second black mayor in the city’s history, after the late David Dinkins. Born in […]

Bill Burns, director of the CIA, the US intelligence agency, is leading a delegation of senior US officials in Moscow to a series of two-day meetings with Russian officials, a US embassy spokesman said on Tuesday (two). “They are meeting with members of the Russian government to discuss a number of issues in the bilateral […]