Dear Brazilians! The comments made by German Chancellor Merz (who is VERY unpopular in Germany) about Belém and Brazil have caused outrage among German news channels and the German population. We Germans are saddened that the Brazilian people might think Merz is the face of Germany. He is definitely NOT! We Germans would like to apologize 🙏🏽 to you for our chancellor's bad and racist behavior.
After living in Germany for almost nine years, I finally feel like I’m beginning to understand the depth of what people mean when they talk about structural racism. Of course, I’ve witnessed and experienced isolated situations before where the problem was visible on the surface. But over the years, my understanding has deepened, especially now, as populist rhetoric gains strength from a powerful politician who was elected in a democratic process.
I knew Merz would be problematic long before he positioned himself as the de facto chancellor. A few weeks ago, I told a German friend that his first openly racist remarks were only the beginning. He’s clearly speaking to a specific audience, feeding resentment and reinforcing hostility toward what he describes as "the problem in the city landscape."
What I didn’t expect was that a seventy-year-old politician would demonstrate such a lack of political wisdom, both nationally and globally.
Calls are growing for a reform of the Conference of the Parties summits as more than 30 years of talks on global action to tackle climate change have not done enough. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/18/climate-change/change-cop30-climate-negotiations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #un #cop30 #environment #climatechange #brazil
The question of how to make vulnerable communities sturdier in a hotter world is a key debate in the vast compound hosting the COP30 talks. With more heat and storms, can COP30 boost front-line resilience? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/18/climate-change/cop30-heat-storms-resilience/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #climatechange #cop30 #brazil
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen held his nerve to win the men's slalom in the Finnish resort of Levi on Sunday, a maiden World Cup victory for Brazil. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/17/more-sports/brazil-first-world-cup-ski-win/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #lucaspinheirobraathen #brazil #alpineskiworldcup
Companies and groups backing carbon-capture technology, which critics slam as an excuse to keep burning fossil fuels, have deployed more than 500 participants to the COP30 climate talks, an NGO list has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/17/climate-change/carbon-capture-cop30-ngo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #carbon #cop30 #emissions #climatechange #environment #brazil
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With the United States absent from the U.N. annual international climate summit for the first time in three decades, China is stepping into the limelight as a leader in the fight against global warming. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/16/climate-change/china-us-brazil-climate-summit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #china #us #donaldtrump #climatechange #emissions #brazil #cop30
With the United States absent from the U.N. annual international climate summit for the first time in three decades, China is stepping into the limelight as a leader in the fight against global warming. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/16/climate-change/china-us-brazil-climate-summit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #china #us #donaldtrump #climatechange #emissions #brazil #cop30
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"Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the 30th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) on Tuesday evening after hundreds of people participated in a march to the venue.
"'We can’t eat money. We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers.'"
A Canadian anti-whaling activist who has dodged arrest by Japanese authorities for more than a decade vowed at COP30 in Brazil to continue fighting for marine protection. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/japan/paul-watson-brazil-cop30/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #paulwatson #whaling #environment #brazil #oceans
A group of philanthropies is putting $300 million into developing life-saving solutions as global temperatures continue to rise and more than a half-million people worldwide die from heat-related causes every year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/14/climate-change/climate-health-fund-cop30/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #aid #climatechange #heatwaves #cop30 #brazil
I wonder what kind of art Europeans learn about at school that was created outside their own cultural center.
Can you name any artists you learned about in school who weren’t European or American?
I just listened to a podcast about Tarsila do Amaral and her influence on the Brazilian modern art movement, along with Oswald de Andrade (her husband) and Mário de Andrade.
It reminded me of this fascinating text on the Anthropophagic Movement:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropophagic_movement
#FediArt #Brazil #Europe #TarsiladoAmaral #OswalddeAndrade #MariodeAndrade #Education
An agricultural method in the Amazon rainforest region spread by Japanese immigrants in northern Brazil has attracted attention as a way of preventing global warming. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/japanese-immigrants-farming-method-brazil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #agriculture #brazil #immigration #globalwarming #cop30
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Tussles break out between protesters and security at #Cop30 in #Brazil
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/12/tussles-break-out-between-protesters-and-security-at-cop30-in-brazil
> Dozens storm venue at climate conference that has encouraged NGOs and Indigenous groups to play unprecedented role in talks
"Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the 30th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) on Tuesday evening after hundreds of people participated in a march to the venue.
"'We can’t eat money. We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers.'"
Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue and clashed with security guards at the entrance to demand climate action and forest protection. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/world/politics/protesters-cop30-summit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #indigenouspeople #cop30 #amazonriver #climatechange #brazil
Tussles break out between protesters and security at #Cop30 in #Brazil
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/12/tussles-break-out-between-protesters-and-security-at-cop30-in-brazil
> Dozens storm venue at climate conference that has encouraged NGOs and Indigenous groups to play unprecedented role in talks