jurisdiction: Brazil

Policy & Regulation
February 21, 2023

Lula restarts Brazil’s green policy agenda

The Amazon Fund, created to combat deforestation in the world’s largest rainforest, is back on track, with the US and the UK considering donations. The...
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Sector Focus
January 10, 2023

South America braces for surge in offshore wind projects

Brazil and Colombia are lining up energy projects that would provide hundreds of gigawatts of power, and come to life without the need for governmental...
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Policy & Regulation
December 19, 2022

UN-backed hub launches in LatAm to ‘tropicalise’ international frameworks

The hub is set to assist central banks, regulators and the financial sector in Latin America and the Caribbean as they tackle climate risk. Latin...
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Policy & Regulation
November 8, 2022

COP27: Will Lula’s Brazil spur global action against deforestation?

Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are reportedly in talks to form a strategic rainforest alliance at COP27 to coordinate conservation efforts...
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Policy & Regulation
September 1, 2022

Wave of litigation and mitigation projects likely to follow Brazil’s climate ruling

Brazil’s supreme court recognition of the Paris Agreement as a human rights treaty grants it ‘supralegal’ status under the country’s judicial framework. After years of...
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