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Brazil's election tests whether Amazon conservation gains can survive a policy U-turn

A tight Brazil election could decide whether a decade-low in Amazon deforestation survives, conservationists warn.

Brazil's Mombak raises $150 million reforestation fund with Salesforce as carbon buyer

Mombak's $150m Amazon Reforestation Fund II adds Salesforce as a carbon credit buyer, a signal for nature-based removals.

The global ocean set heat records for 100 straight days as El Niño builds

The ocean outside polar regions set heat records for 100 straight days, absorbing 23 zettajoules in 2025.

Leather exits the EU deforestation law, leaving beef and hides under different rules

Leather is now exempt from the EU deforestation law while beef stays covered, splitting oversight of the same cattle.

Indonesia vows to treat land clearing by fire as 'ecological terrorism'

Indonesia weighs classifying slash-and-burn land clearing as ecological terrorism as fires rage across Borneo and Sumatra.

Global fossil fuel emissions set to fall in 2026 as the Hormuz crisis reshapes energy demand

Global fossil emissions set to fall 0.5% in 2026 as the Hormuz crisis squeezes oil and gas demand.

Satellites chart 11.3 trillion tons of ice loss across Greenland and Antarctica

Satellites chart 11.3 trillion tons of ice lost from Greenland and Antarctica since 1979, raising sea levels 3.14cm.