Just on paper? Discover the presidential candidates’ plans for the environment

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LULA (PT)

• Combat illegal deforestation;
• Conserve Brazilian biomes;
• Promote renewable energy;
• Combat the predatory use of natural resources;
• Promote the ecological transition of cities;
• Protection of the rights and territories of indigenous peoples, quilombolas and traditional populations;
• Strengthening Funai and the National Environmental System;
• Combat environmental crime promoted by militias, land grabbers, loggers or any other organization that acts against the law.

Isn't agro so pop? What Lula said about the environment

On Thursday night (25), Lula – PT's candidate for President of the Republic – participated in the third interview in the series conducted by William Bonner and Renata Vasconcellos in Jornal Nacional. Do you know what he said about the environment? O Curto News tells you.

BOLSONARO (PL)

• Promote the conservation and use of natural resources;
• Reconcile environmental preservation with economic and social development;
• Combat deforestation and illegal fires in the Amazon;
• Consolidate databases so that they “harmonize” the results of surveys on fires in the country;
• Continue with the Guardians of the Biome operation;
• Accelerate the development of actions to reduce and mitigate greenhouse gases and rational use of natural resources;
• Protection of the rights of indigenous and quilombola peoples.

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In a speech this Tuesday (20) at the opening of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, President Jair Bolsonaro spoke about the environment and Brazilian agribusiness. Institutions, such as Amnesty International, and information-checking journalists point out untruths in Bolsonaro's statements about deforestation in the Amazon. When the subject is agribusiness, defenders and critics appear debating the issue on social media.

CIRO GOMES (PDT)

• Reduce deforestation and the emission of harmful gases into the atmosphere;
• Enable sustainable economic growth;
• Create economic and ecological zones in the country, especially in the Amazon region;
• Promote renewable energy;
• Create a regional development strategy with greater land security;
• Involve the local population in economic activities that are profitable and sustainable for them, but that exclude deforestation;
• Preserve territorial reserves destined for the indigenous population, so that they are not illegally exploited by other ethnic groups.

“The handcuff will work again”: Ciro Gomes’ plan for the environment

On Tuesday night (23), Ciro Gomes – PDT candidate for President of the Republic – participated in the second interview in the series conducted by William Bonner and Renata Vasconcellos in Jornal Nacional. Do you know what he said about the environment? What is his government plan on the topic? O Curto News tells you.

SIMONE TEBET (MBD)

• Adopt a zero tolerance policy towards illegal deforestation;
• Fight land grabbers, invaders, loggers and miners and strengthen inspection of all biomes;
• Accelerate and bring forward the achievement of greenhouse gas reduction and reforestation targets set out in international agreements;
• Strengthen inspection bodies, such as ICMBio, Inpe and Ibama;
• Create national registers of companies, projects and people that promote deforestation, land invasion, illegal mining and illegal emissions;
• Organize, formalize and regulate a national system for the carbon credits market;
• Implement the “Green Seal” to monitor the entire chain of certified products;
• Accelerate adoption, computerization, consolidation and analysis of the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR).

Simone Tebet leaves the environment aside in a hearing at JN

Simone Tebet was the last interviewed in Jornal Nacional's hearings with candidates for the Presidency of the Republic. During the conversation, held on Friday night (26), the current senator and candidate for the MDB addressed topics such as public security, tax reform and corruption – but left the environment aside.

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Know your candidate's government plan so you can demand it later. The climate emergency is a reality. Brazil and the world need much more than mere promecampaign sessions. 💚

And a reminder: To access the complete government plans, visit the Disclosure of Candidacies and Electoral Accounts of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).

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