Brazil, which is hosting the 30th U.N. Climate Change Conference this month, wants to show the world it is a leader in safeguarding the planet. Its record tells a more complicated story.

Brazil has established new rules raising the minimum capital required for financial institutions to operate in the country to 9.1 billion reais ($1.68 billion) from 5.2 billion reais, the Central Bank of Brazil said on Monday.

Prince William was welcomed to Brazil at Sugarloaf Mountain, where he received the keys to the city of Rio de Janeiro ahead of his Earthshot Prize awards evening on Nov. 5.

Brazil recorded its biggest annual fall in greenhouse gas emissions last year since 2009, according to statistics released Monday, providing a boost for left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as he prepares to host UN climate talks.

Omnia, a data center company owned by Brazilian investment firm Patria, said on Monday it has joined the project to develop a 50 billion real ($9.25 billion) data center in Brazil that is expected to have TikTok as its sole client.

Prince William played soccer and met young environmental champions at the iconic Maracanã stadium in Rio, and there was one moment that the royal will be sure to share with daughter Princess Charlotte.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Just days ahead of the U.N. climate conference to be held in Brazil, a group of 300 mayors gathered Monday in Rio de Janeiro to pledge coordinated climate action and address rising heat that is hurting many of their residents.

Brazil on Monday opens three weeks of events linked to the COP30 climate summit, hoping to showcase a world still determined to tackle global warming. That may be tough in a year marked by economic upheaval and cancelled U.

COP30 offers an opportunity for Brazil to show leadership and improve the prevention of infectious disease spread, argue Creuza Rachel Vicente and colleagues Climate change is no longer a distant threat.

Families of the dead decried what they described as executions by police, while the state government hailed a successful operation against a powerful gang.