See highlights from Curto Green: new platform aims to assess companies’ vulnerability to climate risks; BNDES has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050; UN awards Brazil for sustainable investments in agriculture; and the debut of the podcast series 'That's Also a Forest' – the first season focuses on Brazil and highlights the Amazon.
Brazil will protect the Amazon with its own means and will not condition it on the arrival of international resources – said this Saturday (12), at COP27, former Minister of the Environment Marina Silva, who is part of the president-elect's transition team. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Brazil records the worst October in deforestation since 2015 – 904 km² of the Brazilian Amazon were lost; study points out that if the destruction of the Cerrado continues at the current rate, 1/3 of the biome's water volume could be lost by 2050; carbon emissions in the construction sector reach a new record; and the micro-grant program for reporting on oil exploration and climate change.
Records for deforestation and carbon emissions; see other highlights Curto Verde Read more »
President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva faces the immense challenge of meeting international expectations to stop the destruction of the Amazon, essential for combating climate change. The planet “needs a living Amazon”, he said on Sunday (30), in a victory speech after beating President Jair Bolsonaro in the second round of elections.
Lula faces the great challenge of keeping the Amazon 'alive' Read more »
September accounted for half of the area burned in Brazil in 2022. Last month alone, fire consumed 5.825.520 hectares of Brazilian territory. This area represents 50% of everything that was burned in the first nine months of 2022. The data is from the most recent MapBiomas Fire Monitor report. The biome with the largest area burned in September was the Cerrado (2.973.443 ha burned, 13% more than in the same month of 2021).
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See highlights from Curto Green this Monday (17): report points out that if Brazil expands existing policies in agriculture, energy, sanitation and deforestation control, it could reduce methane emissions by 36% by 2030; Portugal abandons coal and invests in renewable energy; study shows that the recovery of degraded pastures in Brazil could cost more than R$380 billion; YouGreen, the garbage collectors' cooperative that gains franchises across Brazil; and a free E-book where USP researchers explain the impact of microplastics on ecosystems.
