Brazil has launched its first major climate strategy update since 2008, pledging zero deforestation by 2030 and a sharp emissions cut as climate-linked disasters intensify nationwide.
Brazil has unveiled an ambitious new national climate plan aimed at protecting its vast forests and cutting greenhouse gas emissions, marking its first major update to climate strategy since 2008.
The government’s new roadmap, looking ahead to 2035, is expected to significantly reduce emissions, with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva setting a target of a 67 percent cut compared with 2005 levels.
A key focus of the plan is tackling deforestation, which accounts for around 40 percent of Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions. Large areas of forest are often cleared to make way for agricultural expansion.
Lula has pledged to bring deforestation down to zero by 2030, a goal seen as central to Brazil’s wider climate commitments.
The country has faced a growing number of extreme weather events in recent years, including floods, wildfires and prolonged droughts, which experts say are linked to climate change.
“We are living through a very serious situation of climate emergency,” Environment and Climate Change Minister Marina Silva said.
