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Brazil's government expects Congress to approve a series of energy transition-related bills in the next 100 days that it believes will boost the country's decarbonization credentials at the ...
Brazil on Monday announced it would partner with the world's biggest financial climate coalition to turbocharge funding for clean energy and efforts to restore nature, such as reforesting the ...
Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Powerplant in Bahia. As of 2018, renewable energy accounted for 79% of the domestically produced electricity used in Brazil. [1] [2] [3]Brazil relies on hydroelectricity for 65% of its electricity, [1] [2] and the Brazilian government plans to expand the share of wind energy (currently 11%), solar energy (currently 2.5%) and biomass [1] [2] as alternatives.
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 is among the countries emitting the most greenhouse gases overall, and also among the most emissions per person. [4]In 2020, official figures were reported for 2016: agriculture 33.2%, energy sector 28.9%, land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF) 27.1%.
Dozens of young people kneeled under the scorching sun this week in Rio de Janeiro’s rural interior, planting a green corridor that will be a future safe passageway for the region’s most ...
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.
Brazil's Embraer on Monday became the latest planemaker to unveil concepts for environmentally friendly air travel, including a dual-fuelled propellor plane, as aviation faces mounting pressure to ...