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The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Portuguese: Ministério do Meio Ambiente e Mudança do Clima, abbreviated MMA) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. The ministry emerged from the Special Secretariat for the Environment within the now-extinct Ministry of the Interior from 1974 to 1985.
Pirapora Solar Complex, one of the largest in Brazil and Latin America, with a capacity of 321 MW. In October 2022 Brazil reached 22 GW of installed solar power. [21] [22] In 2021, Brazil was the 14th country in the world in terms of installed solar power (13 GW), [23] and the 11th largest producer of solar energy in the world (16.8 TWh). [17]
Brazil's legacy of import substitution industrialization is reflected in an imbalance where export-oriented commodities sectors are much stronger than more domestically-oriented and protected manufacturing and services: between 1996 and 2022 labor productivity in agriculture grew by 5.8% in agriculture and 2.9% in mining, while it fell by 0.8% ...
Support for a green recovery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has come from multiple political parties, governments, activists, and academia across the globe. [8] [9] Following similar measures in response to the GFC, [10] a key goal of the packages is to ensure that actions to combat recession also combat climate change.
Brazil cost (Portuguese: Custo Brasil [ˈkustu bɾaˈziw]) refers to the increased operational costs associated with doing business in Brazil, [1] making Brazilian goods and services more expensive compared to other countries. [2] There are several factors that contribute to the extra cost, including: High levels of public deficits; [3]
Sources of electricity in Brazil. At the end of 2021 Brazil was the 2nd country in the world in terms of installed hydroelectric power (109.4 GW) and biomass (15.8 GW), the 7th country in the world in terms of installed wind power (21.1 GW) and the 14th country in the world in terms of installed solar power (13.0 GW) - on track to also become one of the top 10 in the world in solar energy. [9]
Court-ordered debt payments have consumed a growing share of Brazil's federal budget. The government estimated it would spend 70.7 billion reais ($13.2 billion) next year on judicial decisions ...
Temperatures in the 1880s and 1980s, compared to the average between 1951 and 1980. The interior of Brazil does not have much data available in the 19th century, generating more uncertainty, but in the areas covered by measurements the differences are very visible. The graph is an extract of a global estimate produced by NASA.