Photo By Unsplash Sean Oulashin China moves to expand its influence in global ocean governance. China announced on Friday (January 17) its bid to host the secretariat of the new international treaty aimed at protecting the high seas, reinforcing the country’s broader strategy to increase its role in global environmental governance. In a letter sent to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, China’s mission to the UN formally proposed the coastal city of Xiame

Photo Unsplash by Andrew Roberts By Ana Lucia Cunha-Busch Are Electric Car Batteries Sustainable? Climate, Social Impacts, and Mining Challenges Electric vehicles help reduce transport emissions, but the extraction of lithium, cobalt, and other critical minerals raises social and environmental concerns that put the energy transition under scrutiny. The role of electric vehicles in the energy transition Electric vehicles are widely regarded as one of the primary solutions for

Photo: Unsplash by Henrique Setim Hidden Terrain Beneath Antarctica’s Ice Comes Into Sharper Focus A newly published scientific study has revealed the most detailed picture yet of the landscape hidden beneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheet, offering fresh insights into how the frozen continent may respond to a warming climate. Using satellite observations combined with advanced models of ice flow physics, researchers reconstructed the shape of the bedrock lying beneath several k

Photo by CanvaPremium Piyaset The Green Amazon News | Analysis When Silence Speaks: NASA’s Shift in Climate Communication The year 2025 will be remembered as one of the hottest ever recorded on Earth. According to data released by NASA, global average temperatures reached near-record levels. What stands out, however, is not only the data itself, but what was left unsaid. For the first time in recent years, NASA published its annual global temperature assessment without explic

Photo Unsplash by Ieva Brinkmane EU and Mercosur clash over pesticide standards ahead of trade deal. The Green Amazon News | News As the European Union and Mercosur move closer to finalizing a long-awaited free trade agreement, sharp differences over pesticide regulations have resurfaced — particularly between the EU and Brazil, the bloc’s largest agricultural exporter. Regulatory data show significant contrasts between European and Brazilian standards for approving agricultu

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Photo by Editor via AI - GPT Chat ESG: FROM RHETORIC TO DATA - OPINION. By Claudia Andrade For a long time, ESG occupied a comfortable place: that of discourse. Public commitments, extensive reports, good intentions. But the current political, regulatory, and financial situation is making it clear that this phase is coming to an end. What is emerging for 2026 is a scenario in which impact needs to be proven, monitored, and sustained over time—and not just declared. I have bee

Freepik illustrative Photo Wildfires Ravage More Than 15,000 Hectares in Argentine Patagonia, Forcing Large-Scale Emergency Response Patagonia, Argentina — A series of wildfires continues to spread across southern Argentina, burning more than 15,000 hectares of native vegetation, scrubland, and protected areas in the Patagonian region over the past week. The blazes, which began early last week, have triggered a large-scale emergency response and forced evacuations in one of t

AI-Generated Photo Title: AI, Geopolitics, and the Rebirth of Nikola Tesla: The Energy Dilemma of 2026 🌍⚡ By Luis Fernando De Carvalho Artificial Intelligence is not just software; it is raw physical infrastructure. We are living through the "Second War of the Currents," where the thirst for processing power collides with the planet's thermodynamic limits and the tensions of Realpolitik. As AI scales, the world faces a paradox: how to power massive data centers without setti

Wikipedia images CC Licence. ANALYSIS | CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT | Mercosur-Europa EU Faces Decisive Moment on Long-Delayed Mercosur Trade Deal After more than two decades of negotiations, the European Union is approaching a critical decision on whether to move forward with a landmark free-trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc, which includes Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. EU member state representatives are currently holding high-level discussions in Brussels, whe

Photo AI Gemini Green Lexicon (Monday Reportage) | Greenwashing Summary Definition : Greenwashing refers to the practice of presenting a company, product, or policy as environmentally responsible without concrete actions to support those claims. It often relies on vague language, selective use of data, or symbolic gestures. Why does it matter? Greenwashing erodes public trust and delays real solutions to the climate crisis. When consumers are misled, truly sustainable initiat

Photo generated by AI-Chat GPT ANALYSIS | CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT Record heat in the United Kingdom reinforces signs of advancing climate change. Ana Lucia Cunha-Busch — The Green Amazon News The year 2025 went down in the UK's climate history as the hottest ever recorded, a milestone that experts point to as further concrete evidence of the advance of climate change caused by human activity. In addition to the high temperatures, the country also faced unprecedented levels of

AI Photo OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stadthagen, Germany – December 18, 2025 The Green Amazon News hereby informs that its Editor-in-Chief, Ana Lucia Cunha Busch, suffered an accident on November 30 and is currently undergoing a period of medical recovery. As a result, she will be temporarily stepping away from her journalistic activities. The accident was serious, and her health and recovery must take priority at this time. During this period, Ana Lucia Cunh

Kolesnikova was the star of the 2020 movement opposing Lukashenko © Petras Malukas / AFP By AFP - Agence France Presse Belarus frees protest leader Kolesnikova, Nobel winner Bialiatski Vilnius (AFP) – Belarusian street protest leader Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski walked free on Saturday with 121 other political prisoners released in an unprecedented US-brokered deal. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has locked up thousands of his opponents,

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez looks on during a press conference at the Leaders Summit, ahead of the COP30 UN climate conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil. Photo: Mauro PIMENTEL/AFP. By AFP - Agence France Presse Spain urges EU to keep combustion-engine ban as rethink on the cards. Spain urged the EU to keep a 2035 ban on new petrol cars, a letter showed Friday, as Brussels looked set to replace it with a less ambitious 90-percent emission-reduction target. The Euro

Greenpeace dumped orange paint in front of the Arc de Triomphe on the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement (Dimitar DILKOFF)(Dimitar DILKOFF/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse France updates net-zero plan, with fossil fuel phaseout France released on Friday a revamped roadmap to become carbon neutral by 2050, with an ambitious plan to phase out oil and gas. The updated strategy was unveiled on the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the landmark climate accord des

Warmer seas and heavier rains linked to climate change, along with Indonesia and Sri Lanka’s unique geographies and vulnerabilities, combined to produce deadly flooding that killed hundreds, scientists said Thursday. (AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse Warmer seas, heavier rains drove Asia floods: scientists Warmer seas and heavier rains linked to climate change, along with Indonesia and Sri Lanka’s unique geographies and vulnerabilities, combined to produce deadly flooding t

Locals consider the Kifissos stream an 'oasis' but fear for its future (Aris MESSINIS).(Aris MESSINIS/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse Floodworks on Athens 'oasis' a tough sell among locals Hélène COLLIOPOULOU A stone's throw from Athens' bustling Nea Filadelfia district, Tassos Sikoutris walks along a stream flanked by reeds and plane trees in a setting unchanged for centuries. Picking up plastic bottles and rusted debris, the 59-year-old electrical engineer says the "

Local communities fiercely protect the lions for cultural, religious, and economic reasons, because they attract tourists. By AFP. By AFP - Agence France Presse Indian pride as Asiatic lions roar back by Philippe Alfroy A powerful roar rocked the forest before the silhouette of a lioness appeared at an Indian reserve, a potent image of how conservation efforts have brought the creatures back from the brink. In Gir National Park, Asiatic lions reign over a 1,900-square-kilomet

Disagreements over coal, oil, and gas, and plastic pollution are making environmental negotiations increasingly difficult (SIMON MAINA). (SIMON MAINA/AFP/AFP). By AFP - Agence France Presse Fight over fossil fuels nixes key text of UN environment report Nick Perry The UN on Tuesday unveiled its largest-ever scientific assessment on the dire state of the environment, but a crucial summary of its findings was torpedoed as nations feuded over fossil fuels. The dispute over the G