Brazil is burning: audio report #chegadequeimadas

fires underway all over this vast country

Here is an audio report I’ve put together looking at the fires that are happening all over Brazil at the moment.

This is not normal: (Isso não é normal), nor is Bhutan

The wonderful site from this Sao Paulo group combines good storytelling with loads of info and a simple idea to inspire people to make (mega)city life more liveable.

‘Being a tropical country is no longer bad for development’

I was at ExpoBrasil yesterday -a conference looking at local development strategies here in Brazil.It was striking how much expertise there is in this field which, when put alongside better public infrastructure, will work together to help many get out of poverty and at the same time help build this new articulation of prosperity that fits this high growth economy.

Sao Paulo sets emissions targets + COP-15 and Lula

Sao Paulo Skyline R. Castello

The state of São Paulo became the first Brazilian state to pass a climate change bill decreeing that it reduce its emissions by 20% by 2020 to a 2005 baseline. The law approved follows a similar municipal bill passed in June setting an emissions reduction target of 30% by 2012.