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When Disaster Does Not Come Alone

In less than a week, different parts of the world were struck by very different disasters. A powerful earthquake hit southern Japan, destructive windstorms caused deaths and widespread disruption in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, while wildfires once again spread across parts of France and Spain. At first glance, these events appear unrelated. Viewed together, however, they reveal a common reality: modern disasters rarely end when the natural event itself is over.

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✅🕒 Published on July 30, 2026 - 18:37

Climate & Environment

The Minerals That Could Power Peace Or Conflict

By Maria Raquel

For decades, oil stood at the center of the world's biggest geopolitical disputes. Now, a different cast of characters is stepping into the spotlight. Lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper and rare earth elements have evolved from industrial commodities into strategic assets essential to the global energy transition. During a United Nations Security Council debate this week, one question captured the moment: will this mineral wealth build peace and prosperity, or continue to...

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✅🕒 Published on July 23, 2026 - 12:30

Climate & Environment

When Climate Changes The Harvest

By Maria Raquel

For generations, reading the forest was almost instinctive. The açaí fruit followed a familiar rhythm, ripening in stages that local families had trusted for decades. Green gave way to deep purple, then black, before a thin pale coating known locally as *tuíra* signaled the perfect moment for harvest. Nature kept its own calendar, and it rarely missed an appointment.

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✅🕒 Published on July 16, 2026 - 18:52

Climate & Environment

Hormuz Becomes Climate Flashpoint

By Maria Raquel

During decades of geopolitical tension, the Strait of Hormuz has served as one of the world's most sensitive indicators of energy security. Whenever friction rises between the United States and Iran, global attention quickly turns to oil prices, shipping routes and the stability of energy supplies. This time, however, another cost is quietly emerging alongside the economic risks: the environmental one.

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✅🕒 Published on July 9, 2026 - 15:07

Climate & Environment

Nature Never Stopped Being In Charge

By Maria Raquel

While rescue workers celebrated the survival of a man who spent more than a week trapped beneath the rubble of a shopping mall in Venezuela, millions of people across Europe were searching for hospitals, shade and water to endure one of the most intense heat waves ever recorded on the continent. The two events were driven by completely different forces of nature, yet they ended up telling the same story.

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✅🕒 Published on July 2, 2026 - 14:07

Climate & Environment

When El Niño Visits Coffee And Chocolate

By Maria Raquel

Whoever buys a chocolate bar in Paris rarely thinks about Ghana. Someone enjoying coffee in Seoul may never have heard much about farms in Vietnam. Yet there is a quiet connection between them. It runs through the Pacific Ocean.

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✅🕒 Published on June 18, 2026 - 11:26

Climate & Environment

China And India: Two Mirrors Of The Energy Transition

By Maria Raquel

The global energy transition does not unfold in a uniform way. It splits into national trajectories shaped by distinct logics, often disconnected from one another. China and India represent two extremes of the same process: one driven by industrial scale, the other by direct human exposure to climate stress.

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✅🕒 Published on June 11, 2026 - 11:06

Climate & Environment

The Bird Watching The Water

By Maria Raquel

From the salt marshes of North America to the mangroves of South America, a small white bird is helping scientists observe quiet changes unfolding across aquatic ecosystems. It moves slowly through shallow water, as if time itself has little urgency. From a distance, the Snowy Egret seems almost part of the landscape. Yet its presence spans continents, connects ecosystems, and reveals stories that extend far beyond a bird searching for its next meal.

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✅🕒 Published on June 4, 2026 - 18:58

Climate & Environment

Europe In Boiling Point

By DonateToRead

Paris above 30°C in May. London breaking historical heat records before summer has officially begun. Turin struggling with blackouts linked to an overstressed electrical grid. Across parts of the continent, heat is no longer just a climate issue. It is starting to interfere directly with economic routine and urban functionality.

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✅🕒 Published on May 28, 2026 - 13:09

Climate & Environment

Climate Cash, Legal Fire

By Maria Raquel

Developed nations delivered a record level of climate financing to poorer countries in 2024, while the United Nations strengthened a new global legal front aimed at pressuring governments to address climate change. The two developments — one financia...

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✅🕒 Published on May 21, 2026 - 14:59