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Months after devastating rains displaced 420,000 people in Rio Grande do Sul, an unusual consensus has formed around the need for a faster transition to renewables

Facing a severe drought and reliant on hydropower, the country is enduring relentless blackouts. But experts say opportunities have been missed to adapt and diversify

Vast human-made Lake Kariba is at near-record low, causing daily power cuts and devastating two African economies

Their fuel resources have long been plundered by others, while national grids have failed to connect them. Now, solar panels could give more than electricity to Indigenous people

Documentary charts historic case of a community who sued arm of World Bank over a power plant’s impact on their lives

Colombian environment minister Susana Muhamad once worked for Shell. Now, as the country gears up to host the biodiversity Cop16, she is calling for a just transition away from fossil fuels

Simple measures could raise five times more money than poorer countries are asking for, research claims

Solar power could enable 400 million Africans without water to tap into groundwater aquifers. However, we must ensure smaller projects do not lose out in the rush for new technology

Campaigners hail Labour’s ‘proactive approach’ after series of policy U-turns under Conservatives

As demand for the tin ore cassiterite soars, special forces units of Brazil’s Ibama environment agency must play a cat and mouse game with the thousands of illegal miners pouring into Yanomami reserves

Policymakers and funders are being urged to invest in training a workforce to serve the industries of the future

An old territorial claim to part of Guyana rich in oil and gold has proved a useful for Hugo Chávez’s successor. But the land grab has sparked outrage among the Guyanese

Once providing half of Mexico’s revenue, the debt-laden state oil firm has been in decline for years. But government efforts to revive it in pursuit of energy self-sufficiency is stalling the drive for renewables

If passed, a new bill would send the country headfirst into the Latin American oil rush and halt any meaningful energy transition

With newfound oil wealth reshaping the economy, can the country balance growth with sustainable development?