In Brazil’s Amazon, people are trapped in a vicious cycle in which deforestation begets poverty, and poverty begets deforestation. Already, more than a fifth of the country’s rainforest has vanished.

As COP30 convenes in Belém, in the heart of the Amazon, the world's focus is narrowly set on carbon emissions and net-zero ...

If reports are true, Cameroon may be a new home for cocoa production. According to the charity Mighty Earth, production there has expanded significantly in recent years, with manufacturers not facing ...

In boardrooms around the world one critical threat remains off the radar as risk managers fixate instead on geopolitical shocks, supply chain disruptions, and inflation. And that rarely prioritized ...

A new report by WaterAid, in partnership with Tree Aid, has revealed that deforestation is driving widespread water loss ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. August was another month of relatively good news for the Amazon rainforest: ...

Water and trees, the two most essential components for life on earth, are at major risk as new research confirms that deforestation is driving widespread water loss, impacting at least 122 million peo ...