Debriefing COP26: alliances to implement the signed agreements

“For Brazil there is no choice of not having a regulated carbon market.” The statement by Marcelo Ramos (PL-AM), Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies, set the tone for the Debriefing COP26, an online event held by the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) to assess the progress made during COP26 and the …

Cop26 emission pledges may limit global heating to below 2C

The pledges on greenhouse gas emissions on the table at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow would limit global temperature rises to below 2C, the first time the world has been on such a trajectory, according to research by the University of Melbourne. Plans by India, the world’s third biggest emitter, have made a sizeable …

Emission pledges made at COP26 can reduce global warming to less than 2°C

If the plans of India – the world’s third largest emitter of CO2 – to zero its net emissions and those of other countries, announced at the Climate Summit (COP26), are carried out, the world temperature will likely rise by around 1.9°C. That is, a level lower than the 2°C limit, but still above the …

Solution to climate change may lie in nature and science

On the panel “Climate Neutrality in Brazil: an end to deforestation in the Amazon and action by the business sector”, held by the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) during the COP, experts warned that the preservation of the Amazon is essential for compliance with targets of the Paris Agreement. Issues such as the …

Transformation of the Amazon forest must unite tradition and innovation

“Transforming the Amazon isn’t just a matter of financing, it’s necessary to develop policies in an equal way in all nine countries, because the forest is a living organism”. It was with this statement that José Gregorio Díaz Mirabal, member of the Wakuenai Kurripako people, originally from the Venezuelan Amazon, and general coordinator of COICA …

Contributions of development banks to the climate agenda

Two distinct but complementary events showed that the Brazilian business sector has been moving vigorously to tackle climate change in order to reverse the situation and stand out as one of the largest low-carbon economies. “The relevance of the business sector in strengthening global climate actions”, organized by the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development …

Companies seek accounting standardization for nature’s solutions

Juliana Ennes from Glasgow “Being good defenders of nature is always good for business and society.” This sentence by Cristina Gil, Suzano’s executive director of sustainability, summarizes the encouragement of most private companies to act in so-called solutions based on nature. Cristina participated in the panel “Nature-based solutions as a lever to solve the climate …

New ‘business as usual’ is the low carbon economy

The 21st century could suffer from a rise in temperature above 2°C and lead the planet to a chaotic scenario, with almost zero chances of recovery. That was the conclusion of the panelists of the event organized by the Global Business Ambition for Climate Action Pact, whose objective was to recognize the actions that Brazilian …

Proposal for development of the Amazon territory

Known as A Concert for the Amazon, the network formed by more than 400 people and institutions in search of solutions for the conservation and development of the Amazon territory, launched An Agenda for the Development of the Amazon, which brings the systematization and formalization of concrete proposals for the preservation and the economic strengthening …

Solutions to combine technology and nature

“Race To Zero is not a race to zero emissions, but to zero degrees Celsius.” It was with this statement that the President of Suzano, Walter Schalka, began his participation in the Marrakech Partnership Future Lab: Reimagining Carbon Removals panel, which was part of the agenda of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate (UNFCC) …

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