🌳 STF has majority to force Bolsonaro government to reactivate Amazon Fund
The Federal Supreme Court (STF) formed a majority this Thursday (27) to force the federal government to reactivate the Amazon Fund. So far, the consensus among ministers is that the decision must be fulfilled within 60 days. The trial will resume next week.
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The majority of ministers understood that, although the government has the autonomy to reformulate the program and change its governance model, the changes cannot lead to setbacks in environmental protection.
Minister Rosa Weber, president of the STF and rapporteur of the action, said that the Amazon Fund had suffered a “dismantling”. “Nothing prevented the formulation of a new public policy, but it could not imply a deconstruction but rather a replacement that proved to be minimally effective or equivalent”, stated the minister.
The judge also warned that, without funding, environmental preservation policies run the risk of becoming “programmatic and abstract plans, devoid of practical results”. She suggested that the Union be obliged to adopt, within 60 days, within the limits of its competences, the necessary measures to reactivate the fund, with the previous governance format, established in a 2008 decree.
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Rosa Weber was followed by ministers Alexandre de Moraes, Edson Fachin, Luís Roberto Barroso, Luiz Fux and Dias Toffoli. So far, the only total disagreement is that of minister Kassio Nunes Marques. He argued that any decision by the STF on the subject would be undue interference in the Executive.
“The partial deactivation of the Amazon Fund was not a pure whim of the government or with the aim of undermining public policy. In fact, what is taking place is a complete review of the fund's governance, in order to increase transparency in the application of resources and greater effectiveness of investments. Whether the government policy that will emerge from this review will be better or worse than the previous one is a matter that falls within the purely political sphere. In my opinion, it is not up to the Judiciary to judge the merit of the government’s political options,” he said.
🌱 EU closes 'historic agreement' to end the sale of combustion engines in 2035
The European Union (EU) signed, this Thursday (27), the death sentence for new combustion engine vehicles by 2035: MEPs and Member States reached “a historic agreement” on this crucial regulation for European climate goals.
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“Historic EU climate decision, which definitively confirms the objective of 100% zero-emission vehicles by 2035, with intermediate steps in 2025 and 2030,” tweeted French MEP Pascal Canfin, president of the European Parliament's Environment Committee.
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, declared that it was a “key step” for the bloc’s climate ambitions, which “will stimulate innovation and industrial and technological leadership”.
The negotiations support the EU's transition to a carbon-free future, one of the promeThese are the keys to Ursula's presidency. Cars are responsible for 12% of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the EU, and transport, as a whole, accounts for a quarter of the total.
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The European car industry said it is “ready to face the challenge” following this “unprecedented decision”, but called on the EU to create “the necessary conditions” to achieve these objectives, particularly the creation of a network of charging points. electrical.
♻️ Companies prevent more than 9 million PET bottles from polluting the oceans in 2022
A 3M announced a contribution of US$ 100.000 in Plastic Bank, through the organization GlobalGiving, for a project that will benefit 11 coastal communities in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
With the initiative, companies will prevent 181.818 kg of plastic from entering our oceans in 2022, a volume equivalent to more than 9 million PET bottles.
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A Plastic Bank creates ethical recycling ecosystems in vulnerable coastal areas around the world by working with local entrepreneurs to establish plastic collection branches. In Brazil, the social company has been operating since 2019 and is currently present on the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul, with the expectation of reaching the coast of the Northeast by the end of this year.
🎥 Amazon against misinformation
O Ipê Protocol – a project by Vero Institute – maps and combats environmental and climate misinformation in the Amazon. The initiative brings together researchers, content creators and activists with the aim of co-creating narratives about the Amazon, based on local realities. The team involved produces studies, communication campaigns and educational workshops to expand access to information and the means of producing it.
In a minidoc, the Ipê Project addresses topics such as misinformation, indigenous education, agroforestry, bioconstruction and much more. Check out! 🍿
(with AFP e Estadão Content)
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