Monica Piccinini

COP30 countdown: the banks financing the Amazon’s oil addiction.

Police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be paid bonuses for killing suspects. Aimed at organized crime, the law will hit ethnic minorities - and eco-activists.

Biotech is no longer just science: it’s a tool that is rewriting what life looks like.

As Brazil prepares to host the COP30 conference this November, its adoption of bioeconomics could be a beacon of hope for the world - or another missed opportunity.

The BR-319 threatens the Amazon in the name of ‘progress’ and politics.

The world’s food systems are dangerously dependent on fossil fuels, and this addiction is driving both climate chaos and food insecurity.

COP30 Spotlight: counting the cost of Amazon hydropower to local indigenous communities.

BR-319: Paving the way for Indigenous displacement and environmental catastrophe.

Brazil’s new pesticide law: no safe distance from toxic exposure.

Supermarkets turn a blind eye to methane emissions from meat and dairy industry.

Will Brazil step up as a climate leader before COP30?

Solar geoengineering, if weaponised, has the potential to deepen global inequality and escalate conflicts worldwide.

Invasive lobular breast cancer is a silent killer.

BR-319: A highway to climate chaos in the heart of the Amazon.

The president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has bet big on biofuels - placing significant pressure on ecosystems and communities.

Belém in Brazil will host the COP30 international climate summit. But the city is struggling to deal with basic environmental and health issues.

Lucas Ferrante uncovered the impacts of the proposed BR-319 highway in the Amazon rainforest: it could trigger biome collapse and biodiversity crisis.

'The preservation of the Amazon isn't just about protecting nature - it's about safeguarding our own health.'

Pilots, cabin crew and passengers are inhaling air that could be tainted with toxic chemicals, often without awareness, impacting their health and the safety of flights.

A sobering reality: cocktail of hazardous pesticides in wine has tripled.

Rampant fires have engulfed the Pantanal in Brazil, devastating endangered species and indigenous communities.

Malnutrition and chronic disease are impacting remote Amazonian tribes because of an influx of ultra-processed foods.

The reconstruction of a Brazilian highway 'could result in increased illegal logging, violence, violations of indigenous rights, and catastrophic consequences to local communities and the environment.'

The UK's controversial pesticide policies have resulted in 36 toxic chemicals banned in the EU being allowed by the government post-Brexit.