The implementation of policies and measures to address climate change is essential for our country to adapt to the new reality of the world. It has never been so important to put efforts to strengthen the economy, consider social impacts It is reduce environmental damage caused by business. It is necessary to think about all these aspects simultaneously so that sustainable development is achieved.
Regarding climate change on the planet, Brazil has already taken an important step towards adapting.
In 2015, the country ratified the Paris Agreement to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and enable a more promising future for future generations.
Now understand the role of Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC, in the acronym in English) on this journey and why it is so important to obtain concrete results towards a low-carbon economy. Check out!
Context
Every year the United Nations Climate Change Convention (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – UNFCCC) holds the COP – Conference of the Parties, with the participation of all signatory countries to the Convention.
A COP 17, held in 2011, marked the beginning of practical proposals between the parties to discuss a global climate agreement. At that meeting, it was decided that all members should reach a final agreement by 2015, in COP 21, based in Paris. From this movement emerged the Paris Agreement, a global pact that replaced the Kyoto Protocol.
Before that, even at the 2011 COP, each country would have “homework” to do so that the terms of the agreement could be defined: look at its economy and activities and develop concrete proposals for a drastic – and necessary! – reducing carbon emissions. The objective was to make each nation capable of preparing a specific study, according to its particularities, establishing reduction targets and proposing measures that would allow them to be met.
What is iNDC
Subsequently, this document with the intentions of reducing emissions prepared by each country should be sent to the UNFCCC. All these materials delivered were called iNDC (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions). O intended of the name is explained by the fact that the document is an intention to change, a proposal that has not yet been made official.
Once ratified by the UNFCCC and the country's presidency, the iNDC is now exclusively called the NDC. It is a commitment made, in fact, by the country. The goals and measures mentioned in the document must then be put into practice so that the objectives are achieved.
In Brazil, the agreement was promulgated on September 12th and the iNDC document was sent to the UNFCCC to finalize ratification.
From that day on, we made a commitment to reduce emissions in accordance with the targets mentioned in the NDC.
The main goals are:
- Reduction of 37% in emissions by 2025, taking 2005 emissions as a starting point;
- Possible reduction of 43% in emissions by 2030.
Watch the video and understand the goals of the Brazilian NDC.
How to achieve these goals
To achieve these goals, a series of guidelines will have to be followed in different sectors of public management of natural resources until 2030:
- Increase the share of sustainable bioenergy in the Brazilian energy matrix to 18%;
- Strengthen compliance with the Forest Code;
- Restore 12 million hectares of forests;
- Achieve zero illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon;
- Reach the share of 45% of renewable energy in the energy matrix;
- Obtain 10% of efficiency gains in the electricity sector;
- Promote the use of clean technologies in the industrial sector;
- Stimulate efficiency and infrastructure measures in public transport and urban areas.
Our NDC has a broad scope, which includes pathways for mitigation, adaptation and implementation. The efforts that the country will have to make are equivalent to the contributions of more developed nations and understand the particularities of the national reality.
The federal government has been working on base document which will support the development of an implementation and financing strategy for the Brazilian NDC.
In this sense, the participation of the business sector is fundamental and has been taking center stage in discussions on the transition to a low-carbon economy, with emphasis on the paths to climate finance, a topic covered exhaustively in COP22.
By looking with commitment at the established goals and understanding the urgency of the circumstances, the public and private sector must unite in the mission of making Brazil a sustainable country.
For 20 years, CEBDS has been building bridges between different agents in society in favor of sustainable development and actively collaborating to change the behavior of the business sector in relation to environmental issues.
2017 will be no different and we start the year with action #TogetherPeloClima, which encourages our member companies to share their sustainable experiences and show the contributions that have been put into practice to help Brazil achieve mitigation goals.
To delve even deeper into the subject, read our materials on energy efficiency, renewable energies It is Paths to implementing a low-carbon economy.
