The IADB will lend US$3 billion a year to fight climate change. Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago have already received loans.

No major breakthrough, but only some progress in talks and decisions is expected at Cancun climate summit.

Brazil has set up a US$132 million fund to finance projects aimed at reducing its emission of greenhouse gases.

Recent announcements include regional collaborations to promote renewable energies and a new fund to boost energy efficiency.

A 3D high-resolution map of the Peruvian Amazon shows a surge in carbon emissions because of the paving of a highway.

Amazonian countries will demand at the Copenhagen climate talks that the developed world helps to pay for the protection of their forest.

Small farmers across the developing world could benefit from a project to measure the amount of carbon locked in soils.

Developing countries have been funded to take part in the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation scheme.

Developed and developing countries are divided over whether a registry to record mitigation efforts should be mandatory.

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that African forests are absorbing a substantial amount of extra carbon.

Brazil is set to launch a satellite, carrying a British-made high-tech camera, in 2011 for various applications including environmental observation.

Researchers have called for more planning and better collaboration to make two of China's environmental programmes more sustainable.

Human rights can serve as a valuable guide for climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, according to a report.

Carefully designed reward schemes for reducing deforestation could prove lucrative for tropical forest conservation, say researchers.

The UN Bali conference has culminated in a two-year roadmap, laying out a strategy for future climate talks.

Researchers have found that deforestation in developing countries is leading to more severe and frequent flooding.

Scientists say conservation and land use policies aimed at cutting deforestation in Peruvian tropical forest have had some success.

Community forest enterprises boost development and conserve biodiversity, but are hampered by red tape, says a new report.