When it comes to rare earth elements — critical for many industries — it’s all about China. And more and more companies are trying to break the stranglehold the country has over its supply. Rare earth elements, or REEs, are a group of 17 elements that are used in many industrial applications, most notably in…
One month before he opened this year’s United Nations climate summit, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva helped open a new mega-factory at the site of a former Ford car manufacturing plant. The new plant, in Brazil’s Camacari, Bahia, is one of many being built around the world by China’s BYD, the world’s largest…
Brazil has cleared a Chinese navy hospital ship to dock in Rio de Janeiro in January, ending a months-long review that drew quiet pushback inside the country’s military, according to local media. The approval, dated November 13 and published Tuesday in the government’s official gazette, allows the Ark Silk Road to remain in Rio from…
China Pavilion at COP30 in Belem, Brazil. BELEM, Brazil, November 15, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On November 10 local time, the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) opened in Belem, a city in northern Brazil. As one of the activities at the China Pavilion of COP30, the Side Event on Ecological Civilization and Beautiful China Practice was…
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Through the last few months, we’ve been working on a project for a Latin American Zero-Emission Observatory (ZEMO). And by “we,” I mean myself and the team at FIER Automotive, a company committed to build a more sustainable future that currently operates the European Alternative…
Each week, Food Tank is rounding up a few news stories that inspire excitement, infuriation, or curiosity. The Federal Government Shutdown Ends Earlier this week, eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus sided with Republican colleagues by voting to reopen the government and end the longest shutdown in U.S. history. On Wednesday, the House passed…
New Delhi: Parties have started debating as to how the latest science on climate change can be framed in the COP30 decision. Activists participate in a demonstration for climate finance at the COP30 UN Climate Summit in Belem, Brazil, on Thursday. (AP) It is now virtually impossible to prevent an overshoot of the Paris Agreement’s…
new video loaded: Indigenous Protesters Clash With Guards at U.N. Climate Summit transcript Back transcript Indigenous Protesters Clash With Guards at U.N. Climate Summit Dozens of Indigenous protesters burst into the COP30 summit in Brazil on Tuesday, demanding preservation of their lands. Other Indigenous leaders who took part in the summit said the protesters did…
When US President Donald Trump was about to begin his closely watched summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping last month, he wrote a social media post that revived a decades-old concept about the dynamics between the two countries and their role in global affairs. “The G2 will be convening shortly,” he wrote – in…
Published on: Nov 12, 2025 09:28 pm IST The meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was among Jaishankar’s early engagements on Wednesday. He also engaged with foreign ministers of Germany, Brazil and Mexico Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a series of bilateral meetings on the margins of the G7 foreign…