The advance of the bill that establishes new environmental licensing rules for Brazil can bring opposite messages to the government intends to pass the realization of the 30th UN Conference on Climate Change (COP30), In November, in Belém.
The perception comes from CEO of COP30 and former National Climate Change of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA), Ana Toni.
To the CNN interviewsAna Toni reported concern about the possible effects of what the government’s environmental area understands that it is a loosening in the rules and stated that the signs are negative.
“What we want in COP is a moment of investment attraction to Brazil. We have a COP, the whole world comes here. So we want to be a moment where there are certainties of regulation, which shows that Brazil is solid in its regulations and is not changing. The sign that was given with the licensing there, in the Senate, unfortunately, can be an opposite signal, if it will cause, it will cause, if it goes, it will cause, if it will cause, it will cause, if it passes, it will cause, if it passes, it will cause, if it passes, it will cause It can judge a lot. So, it’s not the signal we need for a COP, he said.
Discussed 21 years ago in the National Congress,
MMA points out concern above all with the creation of a “special license” approved last minute and without discussion.
Back in the House for the final vote, the text is prospecting to be analyzed on June 18.
Bet on fossil fuel
Another worrying message in a COP context, in the evaluation of environmentalists, is the prospect of advancement in studies for Near Amapá, and at the mouth of the Amazonas River.
For the CEO of COP30, the debate on bets on fossil fuels cannot be isolated to the context of Brazil.
Ana Toni sees positive points in the face of a context in which Brazil was always remembered outside by high deforestation rates and has always dealt with climate issues from this point of view.
The CEO defends the maturity of the theme and the return to the debate, via COP30, about the transition to as already decided in COP28.
“I think it is not a sign that will hurt us because it shows that Brazil has faced the theme of its greatest emission, which is deforestation. We are facing the face and we are also prepared to debate the fossil fuel. We are not hiding the debate. Brazilian society is debate… Congress, the federal government, society as a whole,” he said.
“And that’s how we face the problems here in Brazil, we don’t try to hide them. This is a problem, by the way, from all over the world. Everyone is trying to know how we make this transition to the end of fossil fuel in an orderly, just and equitable manner,” he added.
Climate
Another theme that has been in the way in just over two years of the Lula 3 government is the creation of a climate authority. Ana Toni herself, when she is still part of the MMA framework, was even considered for the function.
The debate comes from the period of government transition and surfaced last year, facing a serious crisis with forest fires in various biomes.
According to the CEO of the theme was not set aside and is still in discussion with the Civil House.
“It is a very new proposal and very robust because the change of climate is needing that we think outside the box of new institutionalities and when you bring something so new, needs a lot of debate, needs a lot of science. So, I think this delay reflects this transition and this debate. We have to mature the debate because we want to do the right thing,” he told her CNN interviews.
