The document brings together 10 concrete proposals, based on Brazilian solutions, that can inspire global policies for reducing emissions
Responsible for 13 to 21% of greenhouse gas emissions in the past decade, the land use sector is key to combating the climate crisis. It offers some of the greatest opportunities for low-cost mitigation, such as reducing deforestation, restoring ecosystems, and adopting sustainable agricultural practices. Brazil, as the host country of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30), has a responsibility to present concrete solutions on this agenda. This is the focus of the publication “Proposals for a Global Climate Transition in the Land Use Sector,” which was launched this Monday (22) by the Brazilian Coalition during New York Climate Week.
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The report highlights that COP 30 will take place at a turning point: increasingly frequent extreme events — such as droughts, floods, heat waves, and forest fires—are compromising agricultural production, worsening the water crisis, and exposing vulnerable populations to food insecurity. Ten years after the signing of the Paris Agreement, the urgency of implementing the climate agenda has never been greater.
In its new publication, the Brazilian Coalition presents ten concrete proposals to address climate challenges, which require consistent investment in innovation, technology, and adaptation. Many of these proposals are already embedded in public policies in Brazil, and their results can inspire other nations to adopt similar initiatives. Among the national examples that could be scaled up are programs to combat deforestation in the Amazon (PPCDAm), restore native vegetation (Planaveg), and promote low-carbon agriculture (ABC+).
“This is the beginning of a movement that we want to see gain momentum until COP 30, involving governments, the private sector, and civil society. We are highlighting Brazilian experiences that can be replicated on a global scale to combat deforestation, value standing forests, restore ecosystems, and mobilize climate finance,” says Carolle Alarcon, executive manager of the Brazilian Coalition. “The urgency is clear: last year, the increase in global average temperature exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius, the limit established in the Paris Agreement. It is time to invest in a new economy—and this transition involves solutions for land use.”
The measures described by the Coalition were divided into the three pillars of the COP 30 Action Agenda, released by the summit’s presidency in June. They are: Sustainable Management of Forests, Oceans, and Biodiversity; Transformation of Agriculture and Food Systems; and Catalysts and Accelerators, a pillar that brings together initiatives related to financing, technology, and capacity building.
Co-facilitator of the Coalition and Director of Sustainability at Abiec (Brazilian Association of Meat Exporters), Fernando Sampaio highlights that Brazilian agribusiness plays a decisive role in food security and the global climate transition.
We already have well-established sustainable technologies and practices, such as crop-livestock-forest integration, no-till farming, and pasture management, which reduce emissions and increase productivity. The challenge now is to scale up these solutions with the necessary technical support, financing, and public policies that value those who produce responsibly. Brazil can be a global benchmark in low-carbon agriculture, combining competitiveness, environmental conservation, and food security—and COP 30 is the strategic moment to show this to the world.”
Karen Oliveira, co-facilitator of the Coalition and Director of Public Policy and Government Relations at The Nature Conservancy (TNC Brazil), underscores the need for the international community to mobilize financial resources at the speed and scale required by the climate emergency:
Brazil has mature, high-impact projects ready to receive investment, but we need mechanisms that facilitate access to climate finance, especially for small and medium-sized producers. This means aligning funds and public policies to direct capital to initiatives that reconcile production, conservation, and social inclusion. COP 30 is an opportunity to transform commitments into real resource flows capable of accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy through good practices based on Nature-Based Solutions.”
The Coalition’s proposals
Sustainable Management of Forests, Oceans, and Biodiversity
1. Boost investments to control and reverse deforestation and forest degradation;
2. Promote large-scale landscape and forest restoration;
3. Incorporate integrated measures to prevent and combat forest fires;
4. Expand payment mechanisms for environmental services;
5. Enhance the social-environmental traceability of production chains.
Transformation of Agriculture and Food Systems
6. Restore degraded areas and expand low-carbon and regenerative agricultural systems;
7. Implement more resilient, adapted, and sustainable food systems.
Catalysts and Accelerators (Financing, Technology, and Capacity Building)
8. Establishing global standards for sustainable agricultural finance;
9. Recognize the bioeconomy as a global strategy for sustainable development;
10. Allocate at least 50% of climate finance targets to adaptation.
The Coalition’s international agenda toward COP 30 is supported by Rabobank Brazil.