Carbon credits
Carbonext manages more than 1.6 million hectares of projects for the sale of carbon credits in the Amazon Rainforest. The work mobilizes an army of professionals and technological resources to meet strict international requirements.
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Carbon market
To sell credits, it is necessary to prove an extra capture of carbon, or to avoid its emission. Brazil can do this in a win-win process, without the economic cost that other countries have to bear to generate these credits.
You never forget your first jaguar
Adriano Gambarini The year was 2000. I was already part of the Instituto Pró-Carnívoros, a pioneering institution in the study of Brazilian neotropical carnivores. At that time, little was known […]
Science blackout
For the first time, rich countries accepted the idea of setting up a loss and damage fund to compensate developing countries affected by catastrophes associated with climate change. But Brazil has not done the scientific work of measuring its losses and damages and relating them to climate change. “Brazil has been very out of touch in this conversation,” says specialist Natalie Unterstell.
COP27 launches loss and damage fund but makes no progress on fossil fuels
For the first time, rich countries accepted setting up a loss and damage fund to compensate poor countries that have contributed the least to climate change for its negative impacts, […]
Brazil is back
You may or may not like Lula, but it is unquestionable, for those familiar with the environment and climate diplomacy, that his participation at COP27 was a success.
Rainforests Opec
Rainforest countries have presented proposals that indicate how much they are looking forward to Brazil assuming its role as a climate superpower. Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo proposed to Brazil creating a kind of “tropical forests OPEC”, whereas the Colombian government defended the creation of a bloc of Amazonian countries.
Climate superpower
President-elect Lula is going to participate at the COP-27 in Egypt. It will be a unique opportunity for Brazil to reclaim its role as a climate superpower. The conference takes place at a time of acute crisis for the planet in general and for the Amazon in particular.
Lula promises zero deforestation and demands funds at COP27
President-elect Lula da Silva reiterated at COP27 this Wednesday Brazil’s commitment to zero deforestation by 2030. “There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon,” acknowledged Lula, […]
Funds for the environment
Brazil created an entire architecture for financing programs, not only for inspection, but above all for promoting sustainable development. That system was dismantled, funds were emptied and diverted. But it is still there, and it can work again, if and when there is political will, says Alessandra Cardoso, from Inesc.