São Paulo’s water crisis that began last year is the region’s worst drought in more than 80 years. Brazil is home to roughly 12 percent of the world’s fresh water, ...

An aerial view of the Atibainha dam, part of the Cantareira reservoir, one of the main water reservoirs that supply the State of Sao Paulo, during a drought in Feb. 23, 2015 in Braganca Paulista.

São Paulo’s ongoing water crisis has left many of the city’s 20m or more residents without tap water for days on end. Brazil’s largest metropolis is into its third month of water rationing ...

As Israel’s devastating war on Gaza continues, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg draws a clear link between ...

The São Paulo Architecture Biennale 2025 returns to Ibirapuera Park with proposals to tackle the climate crisis through architecture.

The struggle of the subway, rail, water and sanitation workers in São Paulo, as well as that of the students at USP and UNICAMP, is against not only extreme right-wing Governor Tarcisio de ...

Why Brazil faces a water crisis. ... "There is no more leeway to lose water when it comes to that part of Brazil," Fearnside added, remembering how Sao Paulo struggled during the 2014 crisis.

Sao Paulo's state government will hire the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) in the next few days for studies on the possible privatization of state water utility Sabesp, ...

Latin America’s largest water utility got the green light to be privatized next year, in a win for right-wing São Paulo Governor Tarcisio de Freitas, who has pledged to improve public services.

Brazilian power company Equatorial Energia SA emerged as the sole bidder to buy a key stake in Sabesp, the water utility that’s being privatized by Sao Paulo state in a multibillion-dollar share ...