Current situation: Renewable energies have played a significant role in Brazil’s energy matrix. According to recent data, the share of...
Impacts of Summer in Brazil
Brazil’s intense summer heat brings a series of significant challenges and impacts. We will explore these issues and discuss the...
Leading Country Climate NGOs: Climate Observatory, Brazil
The Climate Observatory (OC) is a Brazilian network for articulating global climate change established on March 23, 2002. In addition...
Brazil’s New Emissions Trading System – Expectations versus Reality
The carbon market is a reality but must still be legally established in Brazil. Bill 182/2024 should create the Brazilian...
Brazil 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Marina Silva
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...
2024 Municipal Elections in 5,000 Cities in Brazil
In 2024, the 26 mayors of the capitals and more than 5,500 other cities in the country will be chosen,...
Thermoelectric Plans in Brazil Help Meet Energy Needs but Raise Emissions
Thermal or thermal power plants generate energy based on the burning of fossil fuels, such as oil, coal, and natural...
Brazil Increases its Paris Agreement NDC
Released on November 09, 2023, data from the Deforestation Monitoring Program in the Legal Amazon (Prodes) from the National Institute...
Brazil: Model Community Climate Mitigation Programs
CURITIBACuritiba is the most sustainable city in Latin America and the 14th in the world—the Sustainable Cities ranking published by...
Brazil: COP 28 Recommendations for Strengthening Country Climate Ambition
Dear Diplomat André Corrêa do Lago, seclima@itamaraty.gov.br HEAD OF THE BRAZILIAN DELEGATION TO COP28My name is Carlos Alexandre de Oliveira....