This assessment was made by participants at an event promoted by FAPESP, the Brazilian Association of State Environmental Agencies, and the Vale Technological Institute during COP30.
Climate change
2025-11-19
The goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C cannot be abandoned
The margin must be defined as a reference point in the COP30 negotiations, assess members of the Scientific Council of the climate conference presidency.
Climate change
2025-11-12
COP30 will have to be the most important of all climate conferences, says Carlos Nobre
The climate scientist was the first scientific coordinator of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in the Amazon (LBA).
Climate change
2025-11-21
A prominent topic at COP30, the Amazon’s ‘point of no return’ still requires further study
In a panel discussion held in the Blue Zone of the conference, a Brazilian IPCC researcher said that discussions on the subject must reach society through accessible communication without losing scientific rigor.
Climate change
2025-11-21
Climate change and monoculture farming reduce açaí production
One of the world’s leading experts on the fruit, Hervé Rogez, a professor at the Federal University of Pará, warns about the social, environmental, and economic impacts of “açaízation” in the Amazon.
Climate change
2025-11-21
Brazil may face a temperature increase of 4 °C to 4.5 °C compared to pre-industrial levels, says Paulo Artaxo
At an event in the Blue Zone at COP30, the physicist and climatologist stated that the world is close to surpassing the 1.5 °C average warming limit and is heading towards 2.8 °C.
Climate change
2025-11-21
Energy transition represents an opportunity for countries in the Global South
Developing nations hold most of the mineral reserves essential for clean energy and already have experience and a pioneering spirit in creating new markets, such as bioenergy and electric cars, according to participants in a panel discussion promoted by FAPESP at COP30.
Microbiology
2025-11-19
Scientists identify 62 new viruses with the potential for biological control
Bacteriophages, or phages for short, can kill bacteria and may be used to combat hospital infections and food contamination.
Oceanography
2025-11-19
Climate change and urbanization provoke coastal squeeze, says researcher
Coastal ecosystems are being affected by the rising sea level associated with the expansion of real estate development; Marine scientist Omar Defeo, a professor at Uruguay’s University of the Republic, addressed this topic during the FAPESP Day Uruguay symposium.
Museomics
2025-11-19
Extinct species of rocket frog described based on a single specimen kept for 62 years
The dried specimen of the amphibian, collected by herpetologist Doris Cochran in 1963 in what is now a residential neighborhood of Curitiba, Brazil, is stored in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in the United States.
Urban forests
2025-11-19
Study identifies great potential for forest restoration in urban fringe areas
Researchers from a FAPESP-supported research center point to 410,000 hectares of land in cities that could be regenerated.
Climate change
2025-11-21
Climate change and monoculture farming reduce açaí production
Climate change
2025-11-21
A prominent topic at COP30, the Amazon’s ‘point of no return’ still requires further study
Climate change
2025-11-21
Energy transition represents an opportunity for countries in the Global South
Climate change
2025-11-19
The goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C cannot be abandoned
Oceanography
2025-11-19
Climate change and urbanization provoke coastal squeeze, says researcher
Support to research
2025-11-19
FAPESP celebrates 30 years of the Young Investigators Program
Microbiology
2025-11-19
Scientists identify 62 new viruses with the potential for biological control
Circular economy
2025-11-19
Group creates ‘chocolate-flavored’ honey using cocoa bean shells
Urban forests
2025-11-19
Study identifies great potential for forest restoration in urban fringe areas
Cellular biology
2025-11-19
