Rating D (Falling Behind) Brazil holds 12% of the planet’s freshwater reserves, making up 53% of water resources in...
UN Panel Says That Brazil’s NDC Targets Are Too Low
Progress Report Mid-Way 2023 Rating D (Falling Behind) Brazilian emissions of greenhouse gases have grown by 40% since the year...
Climate Observatory Produces a Decisive Document that Can Help Brazil Become Negative in its Emissions in 2045
The idea of forming a coalition of Brazilian civil society organizations to discuss climate change came up in 2001 in...
Brazil’s goal of reducing carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 at COP 26 is contingent on slowing the rate of deforestation in the Amazon
At the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) in November ‘21, Brazil announced the goal of reducing carbon...
Brazil spent BRL 118.2 billion on fossil fuel subsidies in 2021
Despite having a relatively clean energy and electricity matrix, Brazil has a strong structure of fossil fuel subsidies, which stimulates...
Illegal Mining and Climate Change in Brazil Threatens the Livelihood of Indigenous Peoples
Yanomami women and children: extraction of minerals within the Indigenous Land not only contaminates rivers and people but also destroys...
Brazil’s Agriculture Sector Is Responsible for 9.8% of Global Agricultural Emissions
According to the Climate Trace inventory, Brazil’s agriculture sector emitted 2021 1.35 billion tons of CO2e20, which corresponds to 9.8%...
Brazil: A Climate Look Past and Forward
Looking Back 2022: Brazil’s Presidential Election/ Looking Forward 2023: Promised Efforts to Cleanup the Amazon The 2022 presidential elections...
The National Integrated Power System in Brazil
With more than a century of use and with a large installed capacity, the electric energy sector in Brazil has...
Brazil’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation System (SEEG)
The Climate Observatory, a network that brings together 77 civil society organizations dedicated to discussing climate change in Brazil, released...