Analysis: Germany launches post-COVID package and prioritizes low-carbon investments
As the world continues to deal with the Covid-19 crisis and its economic and social impacts, Germany has pointed the way for the recovery process to emphasize environmental and economic concerns. The country's stimulus package, from 130 billions of euros, not just for economic recovery, but it also paves the way for a more […]
Sustainable infrastructure can be the foundation for Brazil to rebuild the post-pandemic economy
The health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is serious. The time is to take care of people, especially the most vulnerable, and support and express sympathy for those who have lost loved ones.. However, we must start planning for Brazil during and after the pandemic. in the end, economic projections indicate that we are dealing […]
"Limits of Growth", from 1973. terribly current.
When released there is almost 50 years old, some economists considered the conclusions of The Limits to Growth (The Limits to Growth, in English) as “irresponsibly absurd”, while others criticized the validity of the model the authors had used to predict energy consumption., pollution and population growth. A revisit of the report shows that we face the same challenges today. […]
Nature-based solutions can make urban infrastructures greener and more resilient
Urban infrastructure and nature – Posts Categorized, urbanization was the enemy of the environment. But the reverse is not true: nature is an important indicator of the quality of urban life. Cities must make peace with nature, for the good of people and for their own sustainability and resilience. […]
Professor of Economics defends basic sanitation as the "propelling spring" of the resumption
One day after IBGE announced that there is 18,4 millions of people without water and sewage in Brazil, the economist Monica de Bolle, pesquisadora-sênior do Peterson Institute for International Economics e professora da School for Advanced International Studies na Johns Hopkins University, defended in a meeting with CEOs of the largest companies in Brazil, what investments in infrastructure, em especial em saneamento […]
Cities must lead actions to adapt to climate change
In the cities, are the main causes of climate change, but also part of the solution to this problem.. Cities have the power to change the world, with its financial centers, of culture, trade and innovation. Nonetheless, 70% of cities are already suffering from the effects of climate change, o que pode as colocar em grave […]
ISCC discloses projects linked to the Sustainable Development Goals
The International Carbon and Sustainability Certification System (ISCC) is aware of your performance and disclosed, recently, actions and projects of the organization that help to comply with the SDGs, but also generate a positive influence for other sectors to adopt a similar posture.. In 2015, the United Nations established the Sustainable Development Goals (ODS). They are […]
Green economy has the potential to generate millions of jobs in Latin America
The green economy has the potential to generate millions of jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean and reduce labor costs arising from modern environmental problems., like climate change, on the exploitation of natural resources and the pollution of ecosystems, the estimate is from the report of the International Labor Organization (ILO). O estudo “Perspectivas Sociais e de […]
To understand the Paris Agreement and carbon pricing
The Paris Agreement, signed in December 2015, changed the discourse of the climate agenda, bringing the need to increase ambition in relation to emission reduction targets and a much greater participation of society, increasingly encompassing subnational governments (this is, including city and regional initiatives) and with […]
What is Natural Capital? Prioritizing it can benefit your business
Any business depends on nature to succeed. It is the obvious case of industries and other segments that use natural resources as raw material, and not so obvious, as in the case of the third sector. The relationship is not always clear, apparently financial institutions and offices rely less on natural capital (means) but, even so, use paper […]
Évora will transform the city's leftover food into agricultural fertilizers
The municipality of Évora has put in place a new system for selective collection of organic waste for composting and subsequent use in agriculture. The collection was prepared to work daily, in collaboration with a range of major producers, like hospitals, some of the great restaurants, the university of Évora and school canteens. Os resíduos são […]
New guidelines give greater security to buyers of forest credits
One of the Brazilian government's recent decisions was to offer more guarantees to companies that choose to neutralize emissions through the purchase of forest credits from private carbon conservation projects in the Amazon. Between measurements, in 28 November 2019 Decree No. 10.144, which instituted new guidelines for the Commission […]
With offshore wind turbines, Brazil can become active in the race for clean energy
Wind energy is one of the most studied topics in the renewable energy ecosystem. In the last decades, the focus was on various aspects of onshore wind turbine modeling and analysis.. Especially not Brazil, wind energy has a huge potential that has been researched in recent studies. Led by Professor Alexandre Simos, do […]
Cities are growing horizontally. And why is this a problem?
Imagine Lagos, in Nigeria, a city of 22 millions of people. What was once a small coastal town, just a few decades ago it exploded into a scattered megacity that spans more than 1.170 square kilometers. The rapid growth has put the most pressure on municipal services: less than 10% of people live in houses […]
Natural and sustainable infrastructure can prevent disasters such as current floods
Natural infrastructure The floods in Belo Horizonte and other cities in Minas Gerais scared the entire population. Videos showing the force of the waters dragging cars and collapsing structures impressed the entire country. At the time this text is written, 57 deaths were recorded, 45 a thousand homeless people and 8 thousand, homeless. The rain stopped at the end of […]
Reconcile capitalism and ecology? Let's listen to Ignacy Sachs
Born in Warsaw in 1927, Ignacy Sachs grew up and studied economics in Brazil during World War II. He worked in the Polish diplomatic services in India in the late years. 50, before returning to Poland. He left this country in 1968 and entered the School of Advanced Studies in Paris (the current EHESS – […]
Cerrado loses a city in São Paulo every three months
After INPE (National Institute for Space Research) see an increase of almost 30% of deforestation in the Amazon in the last year and of 114% since the year of promulgation of the new Forest Code (2012), see an increase of almost 2018 and july of 2019 was from 648.400 […]
Forest inventory and youth training: legacy of the Rio Doce basin
The impact of the disaster in Mariana in November 2015 remains present in the lives of people directly or indirectly affected. 39 municipalities along the Rio Doce and its tributaries. But it's also true that another story begins to be built. A story that doesn't want to erase the past, but build a future […]
Brazilian discovers pesticide substitute in eucalyptus
Eucalyptus citrus, lemon eucalyptus or sweet-smelling eucalyptus, these are some of the best known names for the species Corymbia citriodora. From it comes the essential oil capable of working as a natural "agrochemical", according to researcher Cátia Libarino, who is studying for a Masters in Forest Science at the State University of Southwest Bahia (Uesb). Seeking to find a natural substance to combat a […]
Nature installs 1.800 m² of solar panels at its headquarters
Natura announced the completion of the project it installed 1.800 m² of state-of-the-art solar energy panels in one of the company's headquarters buildings in Cajamar, Metropolitan region of Sao Paulo. Organic photovoltaic film technology (or OPV, acronym for Organic Photovoltaic), da empresa mineira Sunew, foi escolhida por […]
Bonsucro plans to update Production Standard
last November, the Working Group responsible for revising the Bonsucro Production Standard met in London for two days to discuss and develop amendments to the standard. The Group is the main assembly of experts and stakeholder representatives responsible for conducting the standard review. It is composed of independent experts, […]
Bento Gonçalves will transform collected organic waste into energy
Expected for the first half of this year, the transformation of organic waste into energy in Bento Gonçalves should take place at the beginning of 2020. The start of activities depends on the choice, by bidding, a company qualified for the service and a period for the construction of a waste treatment and disposal plant. […]
Multinationals plan to recycle 100% of your packages!
Um plano ambicioso A Nestlé anunciou um compromisso global ambicioso: become 100% of its packaging possible to be recyclable or reusable up to 2025 (see here). The intention is that no packaging is disposed of in landfills or ends up as waste in seas, oceans and rivers. The food giant follows other consumer multinationals. These […]
Why adopt Environmental Compliance in business?
The current corporate world no longer accepts production processes or conduct disconnected from legal requirements, morals and ethics incorporated by society. E, in this sense, environmental compliance becomes responsible for this connection and commitment. The term compliance originates from the English verb “to comply”, which means to act according to a rule, instruction or command. That is, […]
Whatever you want on World Environment Day?
Era 1972 when it was instituted that, a partir dali, everything 5 June would be celebrated World Environment Day, and from there to here, in an overview, we can say that a lot has changed, e (very) for the best, but we can't be so optimistic. Vivemos em um mundo onde países tomam iniciativas globais de […]
Conference in Peru discusses sustainable industrial development in Latin America
In the last decades, industrial parks have made important contributions to the restructuring and development of the global economy., creating jobs and increasing income. A conference in Lima, no Peru, will discuss in June ways these parks can also contribute to sustainable and climate-resilient urbanization, Driving Latin America's Green Growth. (development […]
Because setting a price for carbon matters to everyone?
It could be argued that nature is priceless., that its value is priceless. But not putting any price on the services it provides ends up sending out wrong signals: for being "free", many people understand that nature can be explored at will, at any cost. carbon. The result is that the environmental damage generated […]
RenovaBio: because the program is so interesting?
Encourage the biofuels sector, meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and ensure predictability, to her 13576/2017 creates the National Biofuels Policy, also called RenovaBio. This new policy helps define a strategy to ensure the strategic role of biofuels, especially when talking about energy security and reducing emissions […]
Circular Economy Can Help Countries Combat Climate Change, say report
A report from Circle Economy, group supported by the UN Environment, points out that just 9% of the global economy is circular, or that means that the planet reuses less than 10% the 92,8 billion tons of minerals, fossil fuels, metals and biomass used every year in production processes. Released in January at the World Economic Forum, in […]
Rede Brasil seeks partnerships to disseminate UN goals
Rede Brasil do Pacto Global plans to expand the number of partnerships to disseminate the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in the private sector (ODS). The Federations of Industries of the States of São Paulo and Paraná — FIESP and FIEP — and the National Association of Private Universities (ANUP) already joined the initiative of […]