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 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

Brazilian Minister Marina Silva said she is considering taking legal action against the Supreme Court to uphold vetoes on the Devastation Bill (Photo: Rogério Cassimiro/MMA) Congress relaxes environmental licensing and raises alarm among experts. Last week, the National Congress approved one of the most impactful and worrying measures for Brazilian environmental policy in recent years. By overturning most of the presidential vetoes on the so-called Devastation Bill, parliamen

Official COP30 pavilion in Belém, the central point of global discussions on adaptation, mitigation, and climate finance. Photo: Tania Rego/Agência Brasil The holding of COP30 in Belém represented a milestone for the visibility of the Amazon on the international stage, but the conference results show that the capacity for implementation is still far from meeting the climate urgency. Even with the progress related to the indicators of the Global Adaptation Target and the debat

City of Belém do Pará in Brazil; Source: Canva COP30 - Between symbolism and operational challenge - what is at stake? By Claudia Andrade COP30 will be held in Belém, in the heart of the Amazon, and never has a climate conference carried so much symbolism — and so much responsibility. It is impossible not to feel the weight of this choice. The world is watching us. Brazil. The forest. What we will do — or fail to do — when the stage is ours. There is something beautiful and,

"SUS at the forefront of climate adaptation." Photo: Igor Evangelista/MS - MMA SUS and Climate Change: Brazil Can Make Health a Global Example BRAZIL. OPINION The announcement that Brazil will present, during COP 30 in Belém, the Belém Health Action Plan, inspired by the Unified Health System (SUS), represents a remarkable advance in the integration between public health and climate change. The country, which for decades has been building one of the most comprehensive primary

Unsplash photo by Glauber Sampaio Liquid Brazil and the myth of abundance: when water flows faster than consciousness By Claudia Andrade Brazil is a liquid country. Abundant in rivers, promises, and contradictions. A territory that holds 12% of the planet's surface freshwater, yet still lives with dry taps, makeshift buckets, and wells that have become a legacy of survival. There is a painful irony in being a water powerhouse and, at the same time, vulnerable. On the eve of C

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Marina Silva: "Vetos are strategic to preserve the integrity of licensing." Source: Agência Câmara de Notícias. Environmental Licensing:...

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Source BBC News War also destroys the environment, ​​and we are ignoring it. OPINION The numbers speak loudly. And what they say is not...

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Source: IA Gemini Resisting the anti-ESG movement means defending the future of the next generations Over the past year, we have seen a...

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