WorldcrunchGiovana Girardi is a Brazilian journalist who has been covering science and the environment since 2002. She was a reporter for Estadão, co-founding editor of Unesp Ciência magazine, a reporter for Folha de S. Paulo, assistant editor of Scientific American magazine and editor of Galileu magazine. In 2022, she launched the narrative podcast Tempo Quente (Rádio Novelo), which investigates the political and economic forces that gain from Brazil’s inaction on deforestation and climate change. For Agência Pública, she runs the socio-environmental coverage.
As Israel’s devastating war on Gaza continues, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg draws a clear link between environmental devastation and political violence. Her stance is based on a reality: in Gaza, like elsewhere, environmental destruction is yet another weapon of war.
The deadly floods in southern Brazil are unprecedented but not unexpected. Ahead of the October local elections, Brazilians must remember that politicians have ignored scientists’ predictions and weakened legislation that could have helped deal with climate change.