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COP30: Outcry as Brazil grants oil drilling license in Amazon basin

Less than one month before the UN Climate Conference in Belém, the Brazilian government - host of COP30, the "Amazon COP" - has approved...

Michael Simire - October 20, 2025

Oil & Gas

Brazil auctions Amazon oil blocks amid communities’ protest, climate concern

While claiming leadership on the international climate agenda at the pre-COP30 climate conference in Bonn, Germany, the Brazilian government, through the ANP (National Agency for...

Michael Simire - June 18, 2025

Oil & Gas

Climate movement flays President Lula’s statement about Amazon oil exploration

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has underlined the need to release the license for Petrobras to drill in block FZA-M-59, in the mouth of the Amazon. But...

Michael Simire - February 5, 2025

Land Degradation

Amazon summit fails to set concrete targets to stop deforestation

The eight nations that share the Amazon basin have come under fire for a joint declaration agreed at their summit in Brazil. The critics were...

Michael Simire - August 9, 2023

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