Science and Technology

This week, many of the tech world's glitterati gathered in Lisbon for Web Summit, a sprawling conference showcasing everything from dancing robots to the influencer economy. 

Brazil was "a bit surprised" Britain hasn't contributed to a new investment fund to protect tropical forests, despite having helped to design it, a senior official has told Sky News. 

Hot, humid, loud and proud: the climate protest in the city of Belem was the embodiment of the Amazonian rainforest that surrounds it.

A judge has ruled that a company can be held liable for a dam collapse which devastated indigenous communities in Brazil and became the country's worst environmental catastrophe.

Three Chinese astronauts have successfully returned to Earth from their nation's space station after their capsule was damaged.