New role for banana skins
A Brazilian scientist has discovered that the much derided banana skin can play an important role in cleaning rivers polluted with heavy metals.
Tiburon aid worker to speak about El Salvador crop shortages
Extreme weather conditions in Central America have created drought in El Salvador in recent months. Will Jason reports.
South America threatened by fast glacier thaw
The Andean glaciers are melting so rapidly that soon South America may be faced with millions of climate refugees, something that could destabilise the whole continent.
Latin America: new governments, old economies
Progressive governments fail to develop real economic alternatives.
Amazon: NASA scientists detect extensive drought damage
Satellite images have revealed that last year's drought, the most severe ever recorded, did more extensive and more lasting damage to the Amazon forest than had been expected, say NASA scientists.
Colombian community prepares to sell forest carbon credits
The author writes about an initiative that puts an indigenous community in Colombia at the forefront of the fight against climate change.
WikiLeaks: Why Brazil matters to US climate policy-makers
The leaks, brought together by redd-monitor.org, give a fascinting glimpse into U.S. climate policy towards Brazil, particularly its concern that Brazil should favour carbon trading.
Amazon: indigenous summit denounces hypocrisy of global powers
Indigenous groups from nine Amazon countries say that, while the climate crisis gets worse ever year, the global powers are still pushing ahead with so-called 'green deals' that, in practice, threaten the survival of mankind.
Suriname addresses climate threat with new agency
Many vulnerable countries are trying to tackle the effects of climate change with political will power. Suriname is one of them.
Colombia: In the eye of the storm
Colombia: In the eye of the storm Climate change sceptics should visit Colombia, which is being ravaged by high temperatures,droughts, widespread flooding and landslides.