Only Brazil, Uruguay and Ecuador have so far presented their new 2035 climate targets, while emissions continue to grow in most of the region. By Fermín Koop, March 5, 2025Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with his Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric at the G20 summit, November 2024. Chile and Brazil are two of the Latin American countries that have submitted or are finalising updated NDCs, meeting mixed responses (Image: Marcelo
Exacerbated by climate change, events such as droughts, fires and floods are bringing blackouts and threatening energy security, sparking a search for solutions. By Jorge C Carrasco, March 10, 2025A candle lights a shop in the centre of São Paulo, Brazil, during blackouts in December 2024. Every year, many Latin American cities face electricity shortages driven or intensified by climate factors (Image: Paulo Pinto / Agência Brasil)When
Indigenous communities face colliding crises as the Andes’ largest lake dries out and chokes on waste, but many are taking action and sharing solutions. By Jazmín Bazán, March 11, 2025A man cuts totora reeds on Lake Titicaca, Peru. These reeds are used by local Indigenous people to build artificial islands, houses, traditional boats and handicrafts, but stocks have been drying out at an increasingly rapid rate (Image: Pilar Martin / Alamy)For
