In the hottest decade in history, the consequences appear on every continent. The burning of fossil fuels has intensified the greenhouse effect, and the planet’s average temperature has risen 1.1°C since the 19th century, enough to cause damage.
Therefore, 2021 is considered a decisive year in the climate fight. Two hundred countries must present plans to reduce polluting gases and limit the increase in the Earth’s average temperature to 1.5ºC by 2050.
“People know what climate change is. The problem is that countries are trying to delay this change, but it needs to be done now. It is necessary to understand that we are already bearing the financial costs of the climate crisis”, says Fabiana Alves, coordinator of climate and justice at Greenpeace.
Six years after the Paris Agreement, there have been positive signs from the world’s biggest polluters to cut carbon emissions. However, several countries must present less ambitious goals at COP26, and Brazil must be the center of the event, since to reach zero carbon, nations and companies count on forests that remove the same amount of emitted carbon.
Brazilian scenario
Brazil arrived at the conference promising to eliminate illegal deforestation before 2030, despite the government already discussing the reduction of the goal, which is to neutralize carbon emissions by the middle of the century.
“We have also been working to update our national climate change policy so that it is compatible with the Paris Agreement,” says Paulino de Carvalho Neto, Brazil’s ambassador at COP26.
However, the Amazon, for example, is going through the worst moment in the last 10 years. According to the Amazon Institute of Man and Environment (Imazon), from August 2020 to July this year, the forest lost almost 10,476 km², an area equivalent to nine times the city of Rio. The increase is 57% if compared to the previous season.
“Deforestation also alters the rainfall cycle, which can cause losses both in the agricultural sector and in water, energy and economic crises,” says Larissa Amorim, a researcher at Imazon.
On the increase in the number of fires and deforestation in the Amazon, the CNN he sought out the Ministry of the Environment for comment, but the ministry said it would not comment on the matter.
Reference: CNN Brasil
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