In historic victory for forests, EU approves anti-deforestation law

New regulation leaves Cerrado and other biomes unprotected for now, but guarantees traceability to origin and should set a precedent for the market

Bolsonaro ends government with 60% increase in Amazon deforestation

Official data point at 11,568 km2 clear-cut in 2022; even with a drop last year, current Presidential term has seen the greatest increase in devastation in the satellite era

UE anti-deforestation regulation may go to vote on the 5th, leaving Cerrado unprotected

Brazilian organizations call for the inclusion of the biome, "the area with greatest socio-environmental impact from European trade"; read the manifest

Emissões do Brasil têm maior alta em 19 anos

Dados da 10ª edição do SEEG mostram que crescimento em 2021 atingiu 12,2%, ocorreu em quase todos os setores da economia e foi puxado por desmatamento, energia e agropecuária

It’s fucking over!

Brazil chooses democracy and defeats fascism, but rebuilding the socio-environmental agenda is an obstacle race that starts now and will need a stern hand from Lula

Bolsonaro faz seu melhor discurso na ONU: o último

Sem pudor de fazer comício na Assembleia Geral, presidente ao menos dá à comunidade internacional o alívio de não precisar mais ouvi-lo

Desmatamento e queimadas em agosto expõem herança maldita de Bolsonaro

Alertas de devastação crescem 81% no mês; área queimada foi a 2ª maior em uma década e número de focos de fogo é o maior desde 2010

Alertas de desmate na Amazônia batem recorde em junho 

Área detectada pelo Inpe chega 1.120 km2, ultrapassando pela terceira vez consecutiva sob Bolsonaro a marca de 1.000 km2 no mês; dados desmontam afirmação de ministro

STF forma maioria para mandar governo parar de sabotar Fundo Clima

Cinco ministros acompanham voto do relator, Luís Barroso, para acolher ação inédita movida por partidos em 2020

Deforestation hits new record high, a triumph of Bolsonaro’s ecocide

Com 13. 235 km2, devastação na Amazônia é a maior desde 2006 e resulta diretamente da política de desmonte

Against global trend, Brazil increased emissions during the pandemic

Deforestation in the Amazon was key driver of the 9.5% increase in greenhouse gases verified in 2020, data from the Climate Observatory show

Flyovers register dramatic images of the Amazon and belie Bolsonaro’s speech at the UN

he expedition took place between September 14 and 17, in the municipalities of Porto Velho (Rondônia state) and Lábrea (southern Amazonas state).

Bolsonaro once again uses the UN tribune to lie

By declaring that he cares about the environment and the climate, he lied again and defended his anti-environmental policy

Brasil ganha 1º catálogo de ações para redução de gases de efeito estufa nos municípios

SEEG Soluções traz guia de políticas públicas que podem ser adotadas já para reduzir emissões de gases de efeito estufa nos municípios

NGOs warn investors about the risk of the anti-environment agenda in the Brazilian Congress

Bills being processed in the Brazilian Congress, with irreversible consequences to the Amazon forest and indigenous peoples, could bring serious risks to the operations of financial institutions. An alert from the Coalition and other partners adds to the agenda of denunciations by indigenous peoples. 

Deforestation grows unchecked in 2021

A 5% drop in the number of alerts simply reflects the dynamics of environmental crime, while the government that buried a combat plan peddles Army action like it did with chloroquine

Without inspection, deforestation alerts hit record in June

It is the fourth consecutive monthly high; Brazil is on track to repeat the annual mark of 10,000 km2

Amazon deforestation reaches record high in May

With federal enforcement agencies dismantled and the Environment minister fleeing from the police, the way is clear for environmental criminals in the Brazilian rainforest

Bolsonaro plan works and deforestation hits new high

After so many government attempts to “push the whole lot through”, devastation in the Amazon reaches the highest rate in 12 years, 70 percent above the average rate recorded in the decade before the current administration.

August fire count confirms Army failed to stop Amazon from burning

Number of fire counts between May and August is the same as last year's

The political crisis of Brazil and the Amazon

Europe: Bolsonaro needs a clear and categorical message that ratification of the UE-Mercosur trade deal cannot be considered until Brazil shows it’s ready to comply with its environmental commitments

Immoral Amazon deforestation high is not incompetence; it’s by design

Devastation alerts in 2020 set a new record even with the Army in the Amazon, and Jair Bolsonaro may become the first President with two record highs in a row

The EU must review the premises of its free-trade agreement with Mercosur

Position note by the Climate Observatory

Grab’n go! This one’s on Irajá

Rapporteur of land grabbing bill worsens Bolsonaro government's proposal and increases prize to public land thieves

Brazil’s Bolsonaro signs bill to sell the Amazon to mining companies

Stopping the destruction now is up to Congress, Justice and responsible investors

In defence of democracy

A letter by Brazilian civil society groups

Bolsonaro doubles down on ideology, embarrasses Brazil and endangers the planet

Statement by the Brazilian Climate Observatory

Dishonest Environment Minister Ricardo Salles wants to withdraw money from the Amazon Fund to benefit land grabbers

A note from the Brazilian Climate Observatory coordination team

Bolsonaro’s Davos speech is hard to reconcile with reality of his government

Statement by Carlos Rittl, executive secretary of the Brazilian Climate Observatory

Brazil gives up on bid to host COP25: statement by the Climate Observatory

  BRASÍLIA, 11-27-2018 – The U-turn of the Brazilian government on its offer to host COP25 is regrettable, but not surprising. Given that a few weeks ago the Temer administration celebrated the bid to host the conference as a sign of “the country’s global leadership on sustainable development issues”, the reason for the turnaround probably […]

Choice of Ernesto Araújo as foreign minister puts Brazilian environmental leadership at risk

Nota da coordenação do Observatório do Clima sobre a nomeação no Itamaraty

Wherever threats may be, we shall be the resistance

A statement by the Brazilian Climate Observatory on Jair Bolsonaro’s election

Side event at COP23 explores Brazil’s environmental crisis

The Brazilian Climate Observatory invites you to a side event at COP23: From leader to laggard? How Brazil’s domestic context jeopardizes its climate commitments Saturday, 11th, 16h/17h, Talanoa Space, Bonn Zone Brazil was the first emerging economy to put forward an absolute target for its NDC, and has won praise for its dramatic cut in […]

SEEG Global realiza evento paralelo na conferência de Marrakesh

India launches independent emissions estimate

New platform for calculating the Asian giant's greenhouse gas emissions points to a growth of 29% between 2007 and 2012; it is based on the methodology developed by the Climate Observatory

Assista ao vídeo do 3º Seminário Anual sobre Emissões Brasileiras de Gases de Efeito Estufa

OC suggests a climate target for Brazil

The world's first NCD proposal by civil society organizations calls for an upper limit of 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide in Brazil by 2030, aims at carbon neutrality by 2050, and explains how to get there from here