Law and Climate
The role of the justice system in the defense of the compliance with and the advancement of legislation adhering to the climate agenda in Brazil is being increasingly strengthened. This is not only to avoid setbacks, but also to guarantee the essential rights that allow for a better quality of life and a more competitive country that respects the environment.
Impact Stories
Each of the projects supported by iCS impacts people and communities, with a new development vision for the future of Brazil. Know the stories.
Café Apuí Agroflorestal invests in the economy of the standing forest and has evolved into a socioenvironmental impact initiative in a previously deforested area
The first indigenous woman to advise the president of the TSE is participating, with lawyers from other villages, in a training laboratory, promoted by iCS In an election year, the news reports have an almost omnipresent name: the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). What few people know is that, among its staff, there is the first indigenous woman to advise the president of the court. Samara Pataxó, of the Pataxó People of Bahia, from the Aldeia Coroa Vermelha, has many stories to tell, but one of them shines a different light. “I am very proud to say that I studied at the indigenous school of my village. This is very important because we not only learned to read and write, but we also received an upbringing to grow up engaged in the fight, to understand that we need to fight for our rights, to maintain our culture, and to have the certainty that I could go to university.”
2022 was a busy year for iCS and for all of Brazilian society working on socioenvironmental causes. In the end, however, there was a victory for democracy and all our [...]
News
Arayara has filed nine lawsuits against the Macaé thermoelectric complex, in Rio de Janeiro. Water shortages and serious atmospheric pollution are the main reasons The [...]
Law and Climate
Launched in 2017 by the Federal Prosecution Office, the program has the objective to hold illegal loggers in the Amazon accountable via public civil actions. [...]
Law and Climate
2022 was a busy year for iCS and for all of Brazilian society working on socioenvironmental causes. In the end, however, there was a victory [...]
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ClimaInfo and iCS worked together with the press and social networks to divulge articles and information in Brazil and abroad, and increased the online participation [...]
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The Brazil Climate Action Hub ended its participation at COP27 with 52 events and 158 participating entities. This historic mobilization was the highest point of [...]
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The doors of the Brazil Climate Hub have always been open to all civil organizations and entities, and also to members of the executive, legislative [...]
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During COP27, the first conversation took place between the president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and representatives from civil society. Lula has promised dialogue and [...]
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The representative space of Brazilian society at the UN Climate Conference had a multisectoral presence, the launch of studies and purposeful debates with the international [...]
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LACLIMA, the first network of Latin American jurists with a focus on the development and dissemination of the Law applied to climate change, have published [...]
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The Federal Supreme Court has concluded the judgment about the Amazon Fund. Within 60 days, it will be possible to restart the funding of new [...]
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Publications
O livro traz uma coletânea de artigos de membros do Ministério Público e seu lançamento faz parte do projeto Política Nacional sobre Mudanças Climáticas em Ação, coordenado pelo promotor de justiça Alexandre Gaio. A ABRAMPA vem desenvolvendo tal projeto desde agosto de 2020, visando contribuir para a melhoria da governança ambiental e a implementação de mecanismos que deem efetividade à Política Nacional sobre Mudanças do Clima – PNMC (Lei Federal nº 12.187/09).
Law and Climate
Esta publicação explora as características essenciais do litígio climático e, em linguagem acessível e informativa, discute as possibilidades e estratégias para maior uso do mecanismo no contexto brasileiro.
Law and Climate
This document seeks to answer the questions about the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) presented by Brazil in December 2020, in compliance with the commitments made in the Paris Agreement.
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Events
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