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'Carta da Terra' talks about the challenge of ending deforestation in Brazil

In Carta da Terra, published this week by Earth News, Lourival Sant'Anna talks about her conversation with professor Celso Lemme, from the COPPEAD Institute of Administration, at UFRJ. The entity is one of the institutions participating in a study that concluded that, if Brazil does not reach the goal of zero illegal deforestation by 2030 and does not reduce emissions caused by other activities, it will not reach the so-called “net zero”, or net zero , in 2050.

The professor maintains that Brazil needs to consider the possibility of not being able to eliminate deforestation, because it is a very complex operation, which involves initiatives from many areas of the government, some of which are not necessarily aligned with this purpose. 

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Therefore, Lemme proposes multisectoral actions, involving government, companies and consumers, to reduce the other 51% of Brazilian emissions. 

⚠️ The conversation with professor Celso Lemme will air in three parts: on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, on the channel Earth News Earth on YouTube and podcast apps. Do not miss it!

 Other highlights of the week:

  • A study published in the journal Nature warns of the approach of a possible critical point in the degradation of the Amazon, when the forest will no longer be able to produce its own rain, causing its vegetation to dry out;
  • The Federal Attorney General's Office (AGU) and the Federal Attorney General's Office (PGF) met with representatives of environmental organizations to discuss changes in the new government's legal strategy regarding the environment;
  • Companies that have made a commitment to reduce their carbon emissions are facing difficulties in measuring their progress in their value chains, the so-called Scope 3. The conclusion is a survey by Tata Consultancy Services, in partnership with Microsoft, which analyzed data from 400 publicly traded companies; It is
  • A new disease caused exclusively by plastics has been discovered in seabirds.

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