Between broken promises and the weight of the fossil fuel lobby, COP30 once again revealed the gap between climate urgency and the political will to leave oil behind.
Held in the Amazon, COP30 placed at the center of the climate debate a key and long-postponed question: inequality in access to information as a factor that deepens the vulnerability of the communities most affected by the climate crisis.
Brazil’s and Uruguay’s oil bets reveal the tensions between their climate rhetoric and a development model that still prioritizes fossil fuels despite the environmental urgency.
The climate crisis is hitting Latin America with disproportionate force, revealing a region that is increasingly vulnerable and a world that is failing to keep its own promises.
The climate crisis has become evident through extreme events in various regions of the planet: prolonged droughts, severe storms and floods, and unprecedented heatwaves....
In Latin America, climate change has become a driver of human displacement and inequality, especially affecting women and putting regional commitment to the test.