The president of the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS), Marina Grossi, delivered the study Opportunities and Challenges of the Brazilian NDC Targets for the Business Sector, to the Minister of the Environment, Sarney Filho, in Brasília, this Tuesday (11). The document officializes the contribution of CEBDS Leadership Council for the preparation of the National Plan for the Implementation and Financing of Brazil's NDC, led by the Ministry of the Environment.
According to Sarney Filho, integration between the government and the private sector will be essential for achieving Brazil’s goals under the Paris Agreement. “I am very pleased with the willingness to follow this path together,” said the minister. Sarney Filho highlighted the importance of business in the climate agenda. “This partnership is very important and very powerful,” he added.
According to Marina Grossi, the study presents a set of measures to be taken in different productive sectors in order to make it economically viable to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and make the venture financially profitable for Brazilian companies.
“The country’s current production structure, together with its natural attributes, give Brazil comparative advantages and a privileged position in a context of global efforts towards mitigation. The establishment of a low-carbon economy driven by the Paris Agreement, although it presents multiple challenges, is an unprecedented opportunity to requalify the country’s development on truly sustainable bases,” stated the president of CEBDS.
Minister Sarney Filho thanked the delivery of the document and expressed his openness to continuing the dialogue with the business sector on the implementation of the Brazilian NDC, even suggesting that the institutions establish a partnership to hold joint events to discuss this and other topics.
In addition to the minister and Marina Grossi, the following were present: the president of the Brazilian Forum on Climate Change, Alfredo Sirkis; the secretary of Climate Change and Forests of the MMA, Everton Lucero; the director of the department of Climate Change Policies of the MMA, José Miguez; Renault de Freitas Castro, CEO of Abralatas; Janaina Donas, director of Government Relations of Alcoa; Rodrigo Moccia, representative of Corporate Relations of Ambev; Jorge Soto, director of Sustainable Development of Braskem; Rodolfo Sirol, director of Sustainability of CPFL Energia; and the technical advisor of CEBDS, Laura Albuquerque.
