Methodology Landscape of Climate Finance for Land Use in Brazil 2021-2023

This report describes the methodology used by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) to quantify and compare financial flows for land use with climate action components in Brazil for the period 2021-2023. It details the criteria for classifying finance into mitigation, adaptation, dual benefits, and loss and damage, while outlining the data sources and the 'Climate Finance Ecosystem' used to track public and private resources.

• The report updates the tracking of climate finance for land use in Brazil for the 2021-2023 period. Methodological improvements, specifically a more precise delimitation of rural credit flows, resulted in an 18% increase in tracked flows compared to the previous edition's findings for 2015-2020, raising the average from US$ 6.6 billion to US$ 7.8 billion (corrected to December 2020).
• The methodology adapts climate-alignment criteria to the Brazilian context, incorporating public policies for indigenous peoples' rights, land-title regularization, land use planning, combating deforestation, and tropical crop model agricultural practices. It utilizes four primary information sources: CPI's agriculture and forestry criteria, the Central Bank of Brazil's (BCB) Public Consultation no. 82 of 2021, CPI/PUC-Rio's research on Brazil's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets, and the OECD's Rio Markers.
• A new category for 'loss and damage' has been introduced in this edition to account for the growth in public compensation flows for climate losses in agriculture. This category is distinct from adaptation as it addresses the economic and non-economic effects after climate events occur. The report specifically tracks government-subsidized rural compensation expenses, excluding private insurance payouts.
• The 'Climate Finance Ecosystem for land use in Brazil' organizes financial flows into five specific areas: rural credit policy, agriculture risk management, government spending, capital markets and other financial instruments, and international development and cooperation.
• The tracking of climate finance is hindered by a lack of transparency, particularly regarding private resources, which are often underreported. The report suggests that broader disclosure aligned with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agendas is necessary for more accurate estimates of private climate-aligned resources.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2024). Methodology Landscape of Climate Finance for Land Use in Brazil 2021-2023. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/methodology-landscape-of-climate-finance-for-land-use-in-brazil-2021-2023/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Methodology Landscape of Climate Finance for Land Use in Brazil 2021-2023. 2024. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/methodology-landscape-of-climate-finance-for-land-use-in-brazil-2021-2023/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2024methodology, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Methodology Landscape of Climate Finance for Land Use in Brazil 2021-2023}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2024}, month = nov, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/methodology-landscape-of-climate-finance-for-land-use-in-brazil-2021-2023/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }