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MARCH 2024

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HIGHLIGHT

Climate finance at the center of the debate

Official event for G20 and G20 Social, created by civil society organizations, including iCS, discussed mechanisms to unlock climate finance

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EXCHANGE AND INTERNATIONAL COALITIONS

Forests, People and Climate

Institute for Climate and Society is now part of the Forests People Climate Network, which is a global collaboration for the conservation of tropical forests and their original and protective peoples

GFANZ Brazil Chapter provides a commitment to alliances from the financial sector

The global coalition of financial institutions that are committed to the transition to a zero carbon economy have launched, in February, in Brazil, the first advisory group in Latin America and the Caribbean

Exchange of experiences towards COP 30

In partnership with the embassies from the United Kingdom and France, iCS organized a meeting of representatives from civil society with Alok Sharma, the president of COP26, and Laurence Tubiana, the French Climate Envoy at COP 21

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CLIMATE ECONOMY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

How to undertake regenerative food systems?

This is the premise of the two new publications launched by the project “From the Amazon to Belém.” They provide a step-by-step guide on what to do and how to do it, as well as a questionnaire to evaluate ongoing initiatives.

What does the World Economic Forum have to do with the climate?

In a conversation on the Casa Firjan Podcast, João Pedro Rocha talked about the experience of participating in the world's main financial forum, and how climate change is present

STATE ENERGY TRANSITION

Process of energy transition in Minas gains support from the E+ Institute

The entered into partnership will allow, for two years, the modeling of analyses, simulations of energy policies and transition scenarios, among other topics

LITIGATION IN FAVOR OF THE CLIMATE

The role of the law in tackling climate change

Meetings in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, with the participation of iCS, discussed strategies, precedents and advances in climate litigation in the world, in the Global South and in Brazil

GRANTS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY 2024

ABRAMPA

Duration: 12 months
Goals: Climate Policy
Purpose of the grant: To promote the implementation of legal measures and initiatives that enhance the catalytic role of the Public Prosecutor's Office in the climate agenda, with emphasis on the following topics: (i) protection of native vegetation; (ii) adaptation for disaster prevention; and (iii) strengthening of environmental licensing as a tool of climate policy.

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FGVces

Duration: 12 months
Goals: Climate Policy
Purpose of the grant: Support the construction of the new National Mitigation Strategy and its eight sectoral plans through workshops, interviews and discussions with actors from the private and public sectors, civil society and academia. The project will also train, through negotiation simulations, different civil society actors on key topics such as climate finance, agriculture and adaptation.

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