China, Latin America & the environment Featured COP25 to keep ocean focus despite moving to Madrid UN climate talks that begin next week have moved from Chile to Spain but will retain the “blue COP” mantle
China Xie Zhenhua: China’s veteran climate chief steps down China Dialogue considers the legacy of China’s top climate diplomat and a key architect of the Paris Agreement
World Tracking China’s soy and beef imprint on Latin America Diálogo Chino presents a special series on the problems of expanding soy and beef production in South America – and how to tackle them
Uruguay OPINION: A new opportunity for Uruguay and China President-elect Luis Lacalle Pou will take a pragmatic approach to foreign policy, a central pillar of Uruguay’s development
Chile COP25 president: ‘social and environmental crises are two sides of the same coin’ Diálogo Chino spoke with Carolina Schmidt about upping countries’ climate ambition and the pain of moving talks to Madrid
Brazil The NDB promised to revolutionise development finance – what happened? Five years after its creation, the New Development Bank, or BRICS bank, hasn’t lived up to grand early promise — but things could change
Argentina New Argentina president looks set to deepen China ties Fernández’s outright victory in Sunday’s election could reactivate controversial China-backed projects as new president eyes ‘mature’ relationship
Brazil What does Bolsonaro’s China visit mean for environmental cooperation? Brazil and China have cooperated in environmental policy for decades, but radical change in Brazilian politics jeopardises everything
China Mobile payment apps seek to stimulate green living Alipay’s Ant Forest turns green choices into trees. Is it a viable model for scaling up public climate action?
Peru Maca: the dubious aphrodisiac Chinese biopirates took from Peru Six years since maca fever faded in Peru, communities who protected the root for hundreds of years still feel the effects of biopiracy
World What’s the latest with the Escazú Agreement? A year after the signing of the historic regional Latin American agreement on the environment, many challenges remain
Mexico The search for Mexico’s sea cucumbers We travelled to the Yucatán peninsula to see how Chinese demand has endangered sea cucumbers, species with a vital ecological function
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