LatinNews Daily - 17 March 2026

*Brazil’s government has unveiled its national climate change plan, a new strategy for the country to meet its climate goals over the next decade, updating the previous edition of the plan published in 2008. According to a government press release, Brazil’s objective by 2035 is to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 59-67% as compared to 2005 levels and to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Coordinated by the environment ministry and by the office of the government’s chief of staff, the new national strategy is an amalgamation of other sector-specific initiatives, including eight climate mitigation plans and 16 adaptation plans covering areas such as agriculture, urban planning, energy, mining, transport, water management, and tourism, among others. The launch of the plan yesterday was met with mixed reactions from civil society representatives. Leading members of the Observatório do Clima (OC), a national network of environmental NGOs, have been cited in the press as praising the new climate strategy as an improvement on the 2008 plan, welcoming the emphasis on broader inter-ministerial and cross-sector actions and the new plan’s focus on climate adaptation. However, OC coordinators also expressed concern over issues such as an apparent lack of ambition in efforts to phase out fossil fuels and uncertainty over financing, among other problems.

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