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NDC misaligned with Lula’s promises, says OC

According to the network, commitments Brazil has already adopted would lead to emissions lower than those outlined in the target; the lower ambition limit needs to be abandoned.

EU gives in to agro lobby, delays anti-deforestation law, puts own legacy at risk

Move discredits the European Commission and sends signal of impunity to actors on the ground in tropical countries

Lula does OK at the UN, but climate leader doesn’t show up

Brazilian president addresses multiple global crises and promises a climate target for this year, but does not deliver a vision for COP30

Letter from Brazilian ministers to the EU undermines Brazil’s climate leadership

In response, Brazilian NGOs urge the EU not to delay the anti-deforestation law

FAQ – Observatório do Clima’s NDC

Explanations about the new proposal of the Brazilian climate target document

Brazil must slash emissions by 92% by 2035

Observatório do Clima publishes a new climate target proposal for the country

Condolence note on the passing of Daniel da Fonseca

It is with deep sorrow that the Climate Observatory receives the news of the death of diplomat Daniel Machado da Fonseca, head of the Climate Action Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An expert on international negotiations in the energy sector, Fonseca was an experienced member of the group seeking to rebuild Brazil’s leadership […]

“Senate gives the middle finger to the Supreme Court and approves the Indigenous Genocide Bill

The only choice for Lula to uphold the Constitution and make good on his own promises to indigenous peoples is a total veto of Bill 2.903

Bolsonaro ends government with 60% increase in Amazon deforestation

Official data point at 11,568 km2 clear-cut in 2022; even with a drop last year, current Presidential term has seen the greatest increase in devastation in the satellite era

UE anti-deforestation regulation may go to vote on the 5th, leaving Cerrado unprotected

Brazilian organizations call for the inclusion of the biome, "the area with greatest socio-environmental impact from European trade"; read the manifest

It’s fucking over!

Brazil chooses democracy and defeats fascism, but rebuilding the socio-environmental agenda is an obstacle race that starts now and will need a stern hand from Lula

Brazil continues to violate Paris Agreement with new climate target

Submission to the UN last Thursday reduces "climate fiddling”, but still decreases ambition, which goes against the treaty.

EU deforestation bill in right direction, needs improvement, say Brazilian NGOs

Environmental organizations from world's biggest tropical country argue for wider protection to native vegetation and stricter controls against leakage

Brazilian agency only spent 41% of environmental inspection budget

New report reviews the 3rd year of environmental havoc under Jair Bolsonaro and shows that what is missing is not money, but the will to fight deforestation

Deforestation hits new record high, a triumph of Bolsonaro’s ecocide

Com 13. 235 km2, devastação na Amazônia é a maior desde 2006 e resulta diretamente da política de desmonte

Against global trend, Brazil increased emissions during the pandemic

Deforestation in the Amazon was key driver of the 9.5% increase in greenhouse gases verified in 2020, data from the Climate Observatory show
Vista aérea de um desmatamento na Amazônia para expansão pecuária, em Porto Velho, Rondônia. FOTO: © Victor Moriyama / Amazônia em Chamas

Flyovers register dramatic images of the Amazon and belie Bolsonaro’s speech at the UN

he expedition took place between September 14 and 17, in the municipalities of Porto Velho (Rondônia state) and Lábrea (southern Amazonas state).

Bolsonaro once again uses the UN tribune to lie

By declaring that he cares about the environment and the climate, he lied again and defended his anti-environmental policy

NGOs warn investors about the risk of the anti-environment agenda in the Brazilian Congress

Bills being processed in the Brazilian Congress, with irreversible consequences to the Amazon forest and indigenous peoples, could bring serious risks to the operations of financial institutions. An alert from the Coalition and other partners adds to the agenda of denunciations by indigenous peoples. 

Deforestation grows unchecked in 2021

A 5% drop in the number of alerts simply reflects the dynamics of environmental crime, while the government that buried a combat plan peddles Army action like it did with chloroquine

Without inspection, deforestation alerts hit record in June

It is the fourth consecutive monthly high; Brazil is on track to repeat the annual mark of 10,000 km2

Amazon deforestation reaches record high in May

With federal enforcement agencies dismantled and the Environment minister fleeing from the police, the way is clear for environmental criminals in the Brazilian rainforest

Leaders’ Climate Summit ushers in a new order, without Brazil

A statement by the coordination committee of the Climate Observatory

Bolsonaro plan works and deforestation hits new high

After so many government attempts to “push the whole lot through”, devastation in the Amazon reaches the highest rate in 12 years, 70 percent above the average rate recorded in the decade before the current administration.

August fire count confirms Army failed to stop Amazon from burning

Number of fire counts between May and August is the same as last year's

The political crisis of Brazil and the Amazon

Europe: Bolsonaro needs a clear and categorical message that ratification of the UE-Mercosur trade deal cannot be considered until Brazil shows it’s ready to comply with its environmental commitments

Immoral Amazon deforestation high is not incompetence; it’s by design

Devastation alerts in 2020 set a new record even with the Army in the Amazon, and Jair Bolsonaro may become the first President with two record highs in a row

The EU must review the premises of its free-trade agreement with Mercosur

Position note by the Climate Observatory

Grab’n go! This one’s on Irajá

Rapporteur of land grabbing bill worsens Bolsonaro government's proposal and increases prize to public land thieves

Brazil’s Bolsonaro signs bill to sell the Amazon to mining companies

Stopping the destruction now is up to Congress, Justice and responsible investors

In defence of democracy

A letter by Brazilian civil society groups

Bolsonaro doubles down on ideology, embarrasses Brazil and endangers the planet

Statement by the Brazilian Climate Observatory

Dishonest Environment Minister Ricardo Salles wants to withdraw money from the Amazon Fund to benefit land grabbers

A note from the Brazilian Climate Observatory coordination team

Bolsonaro’s Davos speech is hard to reconcile with reality of his government

Statement by Carlos Rittl, executive secretary of the Brazilian Climate Observatory

Brazil gives up on bid to host COP25: statement by the Climate Observatory

  BRASÍLIA, 11-27-2018 – The U-turn of the Brazilian government on its offer to host COP25 is regrettable, but not surprising. Given that a few weeks ago the Temer administration celebrated the bid to host the conference as a sign of “the country’s global leadership on sustainable development issues”, the reason for the turnaround probably […]

Choice of Ernesto Araújo as foreign minister puts Brazilian environmental leadership at risk

Nota da coordenação do Observatório do Clima sobre a nomeação no Itamaraty

Wherever threats may be, we shall be the resistance

A statement by the Brazilian Climate Observatory on Jair Bolsonaro’s election

Side event at COP23 explores Brazil’s environmental crisis

The Brazilian Climate Observatory invites you to a side event at COP23: From leader to laggard? How Brazil’s domestic context jeopardizes its climate commitments Saturday, 11th, 16h/17h, Talanoa Space, Bonn Zone Brazil was the first emerging economy to put forward an absolute target for its NDC, and has won praise for its dramatic cut in […]

India launches independent emissions estimate

New platform for calculating the Asian giant's greenhouse gas emissions points to a growth of 29% between 2007 and 2012; it is based on the methodology developed by the Climate Observatory

OC suggests a climate target for Brazil

The world's first NCD proposal by civil society organizations calls for an upper limit of 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide in Brazil by 2030, aims at carbon neutrality by 2050, and explains how to get there from here

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