The Noronha Carbono Zero project, launched in 2013 and expected to reach its target within five years (2018), began implementation on the 8th of this month on the Fernando de Noronha archipelago. On that day, a decree-law was published regulating the entry, stay, and exit of electric vehicles and establishing the criteria for purchase and use within the island. The document has already been signed by Governor Paulo Câmara.
"This ban is necessary because we currently have no alternatives for boats, aircraft, and tractors, and banning these fuel-powered vehicles would make the island's operations unviable. But the goal is that, with the emergence of new technologies, such as electric aircraft, this exchange will be implemented," explained the island's administrator, Guilherme Rocha. In practice, the decree-law requires that all combustion-powered vehicles be removed from Fernando de Noronha by 2030, when the island's carbon emissions are expected to reach zero.
