The images show how Lake Urmia in the north-west of the country – once the largest lake in the Middle East – has almost completely dried up since 2001 as water that feeds that lake has been diverted.
NEW – Q&A: How climate change and war threaten Iran’s water supplies | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org
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Climate news from Latin America in our newsletter:
- Record floods in Brazil expected to intensify with the burning of fossil fuels
- Colombia’s new congress will resume discussions on energy transition and climate action
- Peru needs to plan its energy security in the coming 50 years
and more 🔽
I worked with Megan Barnes, a researcher at the University of Nottingham as part of the Envision PhD programme, to animate this video about her research into mitochondria and adaptation.
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We just launched Frontier’s 2026 Innovation program! We will provide R&D grants and pre-purchases to address critical field research gaps and get emerging technologies out of the lab and into the field: frontierclimate.com/...
We are specifically looking for:
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Cropped: Iran water worries | Seabed-mining treaty progress | Women farmers and climate change
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Drought and heatwaves occurring together (compound events) have “surged” across the world since the early 2000s, a new study shows.
This increase is predominantly driven by events that start with a heatwave.
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NEW – Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, study says
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Countries that submitted their seventh national reports to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity by the deadline of 28 February.
NEW – Analysis: Half of nations meet UN deadline for nature-loss reporting | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org
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NEW – Limiting warming to 2C is ‘crucial’ to protect pristine Antarctic Peninsula
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Every Thursday, Latin American climate news in our newsletter:
Heavy storms hit Brazil’s state of Minas Gerais earlier this week
Venezuela's average temperature increased by 1.8C over the past 100 years
Peru issued regulation to address the effects of heat on public health
And more 🔽
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Cropped: Food inflation strikes | El Niño looms | Biodiversity talks stagnate
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Mapped: How ‘proxy’ data reveals the climate of the Earth’s distant past | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @hausfath.bsky.social @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org #CBarchive
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NEW – Dangerous heat for Tour de France riders only a ‘question of time’
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In our weekly newsletter we covered the EU warning to prepare for a 3C warmer planet, the removing of "climate change" from the @iea.org priorities and interviewed researchers from Chile and Argentina who commented on the influence of non-native trees in the recent wildfires, among other news. 🔽
Every Thursday, Latin America in our Daily Briefing:
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon continues to fall in 2026
More than 12,500 climate disasters hit the Amazon region between 2013-2023
Chile’s electric system reached a “historical participation” of 93.5% of renewables last month
and more
Latin American news in our daily newsletter:
- Experts criticised Argentina’s government cuts to fire management budget
- Brazil missed deadline for delivering a national roadmap to phase out fossil fuels
- Venezuela’s interim president proposed strengthening oil and mining extraction
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NEW – IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org
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In today's Cropped edition:
- Carbon Brief spoke to @ipbes.net's chair and the chief executive about the US withdrawal from the panel
- The International Seabed Authority called on EU to agree on a rule book on deep-sea mining
- The @fao.org “food price index” fell in January
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The weather conditions preceding the recent wildfires in Chile and Argentina were 3 times more likely due to human-caused climate change. 🌎🌲
We delved into a rapid attribution study by the @wwattribution.bsky.social service and summed up the impacts and vulneratibility to fires in both countries. 🔽
Climate change and La Niña made ‘devastating’ southern African floods more intense
Analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social
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Every Thursay, climate news from Latin America in our newsletter:
Wildfires in Chile have now burned more than 40,000 ha of forests.
Wildfires in Argentina’s Patriada port remain active.
Costa Rica’s presidential candidates have “barely mentioned” climate change in their manifestos.
And more 🔽
Thanks for your feedback, Mike. I'll take that into account for future coverage.
A healthy diet using the least expensive foods could reduce dietary emissions by one-third and cost about one-third less than the most-consumed foods, a study found.
Some food groups that are low in both cost and emissions include legumes, nuts and seeds, and oils and fats. 🥜🍎🥕
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Latest climate news from Latin America 🌎:
- Wildfires in Argentine Patagonia have engulfed more than 21,000 hectares and damaged houses.
- Petrobras and Shell funded a study to assess carbon stocks in Brazil.
- "Energy crisis" affecting Cuba and Bolivia.
Read more here 🔽
What were the scientific articles most covered by the media in 2025 about?
Check out this must-read analysis by Carbon Brief here 🔽
2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
Cropped 14 January 2026: Wildfires scorch three continents; EU trade; Food and nature in 2026 #Climate
Our first Cropped edition of the year:
2026 Food, land and nature moments to watch out for
France and Italy seek a carve-out for fertilisers from the EU’s carbon border tax.
The EU is set to sign the Mercosur trade deal.
Wildfires in Australia, South Africa and Argentina.
And more 🔽
Every Thursday, climate news from Latin America in our Daily briefing:
- US sets out bare-bones plan to control Venezuela’s oil sales.
- Mexico expects a deficit in rainfall in the first quarter of the year.
- Chile has banked on green hydrogen, while electromobility is boosted in Latam.
