{"id":23406,"date":"2019-09-23T17:46:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T17:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cebds.org\/noticia\/evento-lanca-agenda-pelo-desenvolvimento-sustentavel-da-amazonia\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T15:04:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T15:04:35","slug":"evento-lanca-agenda-pelo-desenvolvimento-sustentavel-da-amazonia","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/cebds.org\/en\/noticia\/evento-lanca-agenda-pelo-desenvolvimento-sustentavel-da-amazonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Event launches agenda for sustainable development in the Amazon\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The meeting <\/span>A dialogue for a possible Amazon<\/span><\/i>, held on September 22nd at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, brought together representatives from civil society, the private sector, governments, and academia. The event is the first step in uniting efforts to develop an effective agenda for the sustainable development of the Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n

The event was attended by Marcello Brito, president of the Brazilian Agribusiness Association (ABAG); Denise Hills, director of sustainability at Natura&Co; Carlos Nobre, researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (IEA-USP); Fernando Meirelles, filmmaker and producer of the video "Amaz\u00f4nia Poss\u00edvel"; and Halla T\u00f3masd\u00f3ttir, CEO of The B Team. The event was moderated by Andr\u00e9 Guimar\u00e3es, executive director of the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) and the Brazil, Climate, Forests and Agriculture Coalition. The presentation on the vision for "Amaz\u00f4nia Poss\u00edvel" was given by Guilherme Leal, co-founder of Natura and co-founder of the Arapya\u00fa Institute.<\/p>\n

"The climate crisis is extremely serious, and its treatment cannot be postponed. Young leaders like Greta show us that we cannot postpone our actions. What brings us here is the gravity of the present, not only for the Amazon, but for the globe as a whole. We know how important the Amazon is for Brazil, for South America, and for the globe more broadly. We know the impact that degradation can have on agribusiness, on job and income generation, and on the region's climate conditions." (Guilherme Leal, Co-founder of Natura & Co and Founder of the Arapya\u00fa Institute)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Natura's sustainability director, Denise Hills, stated that we are "burning our Mona Lisa," describing the Amazon as Brazil's treasure. For Halla T\u00f3masd\u00f3ttir, CEO of The B Team, a coalition of companies committed to developing more sustainable businesses, the business-as-usual model, with its duality between production and protection, needs to be redefined. "Doing business as usual has led us to melting glaciers, burning forests, and an unbelievable level of inequality," she said. "And we still don't have any technology better than trees to sequester carbon."<\/p>\n

The event took place during Climate Week in New York and one day before the UN Climate Summit. It was supported by the Brazil Climate, Forests, and Agriculture Coalition; the Brazil Global Compact Network and Sistema B, as well as executive support from the Arapya\u00fa Institute. "The idea is to foster dialogue between representatives of Brazilian and international civil society, academia, the private sector, governments, and communities in the Amazon region to define concrete actions to reconcile economic development and environmental preservation, to be presented at COP-25 by the Brazilian business sector," says Renata Piazzon, manager of the Arapya\u00fa Institute's Climate Change program.<\/p>\n

You can check out the full video of the event here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Filmmaker Fernando Meirelles released a short video summarizing the idea of the Possible Amazon. Check it out:<\/p>\n