Stifled by its political systems and leadership challenges, the West will struggle to address its climate change targets by 2030. It is time to ask: how would the developing world do it?

Chandran Nair 15 Jan 2019

Latin America

Fleeing persecution, LGBT+ migrants seek refuge in South America

Argentina and Brazil have become increasingly popular destinations for LGBT+ people seeking asylum.

Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 20 Dec 2018

Brazil

Politics is failing to protect the Amazon. It's time for finance to step up instead

Forests are an ally in the fight against climate change. But deforestation in the Amazon is approaching a tipping point, after which the area will emit more carbon than it stores. Compani...

Beatrice Crona and Victor Galaz 14 Dec 2018

Education, Gender and Work

A remote school in a Brazillian jungle has been named the world's best new building

The hyper-modern complex is already improving grades for indigenous children.

Adela Suliman · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 26 Nov 2018

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

How smart farming is helping Brazil feed the world

'Integrated' farming combines pastures, forests and fields in the same area. It brings overgrazed land back to life, and it's more efficient, more resilient and more sustainable.

Daniel Kluppel Carrara, Ligia Dutra, and Bruno Lucchi 25 Oct 2018

Climate Change

7 postcards from a flooded world

The rising sea levels and heavy rain caused by climate change are affecting people and their livelihoods across the world today. Here are seven reports from an already flooding planet.

Annia Ciezadlo and Preethi Nallu · Orb Media 11 Oct 2018

Brazil

This Brazilian prison gives inmates the keys to their cells

In Brazil – which has a notoriously violent penal system – a non-profit organization has achieved astounding success running prisons where there are no weapons and inmates have keys.

Alex Gray 24 Sep 2018

Brazil

Deforestation in the Amazon is putting uncontacted tribes at risk

Brazil is grappling with scores of deadly land conflicts, illustrating the tensions between preserving indigenous culture and economic development

Karla Mendes · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 24 Sep 2018

Brazil

In Sao Paulo, it could take 120 years to find a home

Sao Paulo faces a housing crisis - one which at current rates of progress could take more than a century to solve.

Karla Mendes · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 20 Aug 2018

Brazil

This city's budget is decided by its citizens

Porto Alegre, Brazil, is the first city to allow residents to spend some of its budget, in a process called 'participatory budgeting'.

World Resources Institute · World Resources Institute 18 Jun 2018

Brazil

Brazil is at a crossroads. These are the paths it could take

The South American nation has a chance for reform at home, but also to play a major role in global politics.

Robert Muggah and Arminio Fraga · Project Syndicate 11 Apr 2018

Future of Energy

Here’s how to unleash Brazil’s energy revolution

Changing business models have allowed new players to participate in the electricity market.

Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio and Joisa Saraiva 14 Mar 2018

Global Health

We could soon have a vaccine to fight the Zika virus

This Zika vaccine shows success in early human trials.

Reuters Staff · Fortune 10 Oct 2017

China

The next ten years of BRICS - will the relationship last?

The BRICS initiative is 10 years old and has silenced many critics who thought its members were too economically, politically and geographically diverse to work together. But as cracks be...

Samir Saran 03 Oct 2017

Brazil

Female Angolan entrepreneurs are buying up trends in Brazil and bringing them back to Africa

Angola, a Portuguese-speaking country, is being strongly influenced by the cultural output of Brazil.

Léa Barreau Tran · The Conversation 30 May 2017

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