Climate litigation in Brazil

The Research Group on Law, Environment and Justice in the Anthropocene (JUMA/NINA/PUC-Rio), the Brazilian Association of Members of the Prosecution Office for the Environment (ABRAMPA) and Editora PUC-Rio held the open class “Environmental Law and Climate Change: an evaluation of climate impacts in environmental licensing” with a live stream on YouTube .

During the event, the study Climate litigation in Brazil: Legal arguments for the inclusion of the climate variable in environmental licensing was launched, coordinated by Danielle de Andrade Moreira. The study seeks to prove that conditions already exist from a legal point of view for an environmental agenda to be not only implemented, but also complied with in Brazil. The authors and researchers provided evidence that the national legal-environmental system already provides instruments that are capable of successfully confronting the climate crisis, based on constitutional analyses, legal cases and data exposure. To read the study, click here .

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Area 4 – Climate policy and institutional framework

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Strengthen the watchdog capacity of civil society in relation to the commitments made at the national and subnational level and by the private sector that contribute to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Strengthen an ecosystem that links climate change with the agendas of foreign trade and international cooperation.

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Redirection of investments

Stimulate the direction of public and private investments towards an infrastructure that is aligned with the transition to a low carbon economy through the advance of regulations and the promotion of access to “green” lines of credit.

Area 3 – Agents of change for climate action

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Voters

Strengthen the mobilization and the civic engagement in relation to climate change in the electoral processes, by raising the awareness of the electorate and the promotion of the communication capacity of the Amazonian organizations.

Indigenous peoples and traditional communities

Strengthen the role of the indigenous peoples and traditional communities in the climate agenda, ensuring their rights, way of life, and their autonomy in the management and protection of territories.

Population of the urban Amazon

Engage the urban population of the Amazon in the defense of the social and environmental integrity in the cities of the Amazon and contribute to the advancement of the climate agenda, with the strengthened local civil society to play a leading role in the changes.

Black population

Promote the leadership of the Afro-descendant population in the climate debate and their fair participation in the decision-making processes, allowing them to promote solutions that are compatible with their security and rights and appropriate intersectoral climate actions and policies.

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Inform and engage entrepreneurs and business owners to lead the transition to a low carbon economy.

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Renewables

Strengthen the competitiveness of the renewable sources through the reform of the electric sector and promote the preparation of the regional development plans in the Northeast, guaranteeing the universal access to safe and accessible energy to everybody.

Electromobility

Accelerate the adoption of electric powered buses and freight vehicles in urban areas, extending municipal electrification initiatives, improving air quality and encouraging financing mechanisms.

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Promote the transition of the strategic industrial sectors to comply with a low carbon economic structure, considering the opportunities offered by energy efficiency, electrification, low carbon fuels such as biomethane and green hydrogen, as well as possible disruptive technologies.

Fossil fuel in electric generation

Eliminate the use of fossil fuels in the generation of electricity by 2035 through the programmed elimination of fossil liquefied gas (LNG), coal and diesel in the electricity generation.

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Forest Code

Strengthen the implementation of the Forest Code by the strengthening of the command and control mechanisms, the consolidation and improvement of regulations, the support/promotion of technical assistance and economic incentives.

Traceability

Ensure that large companies in Brazil implement traceability mechanisms, and that domestic consumers and market players use traceability information to make informed food choices.

Forest Carbon

Promote carbon pricing instruments that contribute to the financing of the forest restoration, guaranteeing integrity and socioenvironmental safeguards.

Bioeconomy

Strengthen the bioeconomy as a promoter of local and regional development, preserving the environmental integrity, increasing the leading role of the traditional populations and promoting their greater insertion in the national GDP and in our R&D&I policy.

Landholding Governance

Contribute to the legal allocation of unallocated public lands, ensuring socioenvironmental safeguards and protection of the biodiversity.

Combating Deforestation

Combating deforestation through intelligence, the reconstruction of the institutional and legal apparatus, and making public and private agents responsible for promoting it.

Just Transition of Agriculture

Promote a low carbon transition in Brazil, guaranteeing sustainable agricultural systems and their benefits for the Brazilian population.

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