Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon

This briefing describes the 'Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon' project, an initiative by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The project aims to integrate socio-environmental risk assessments into the decision-making and lifecycle of infrastructure projects in Brazil, specifically focusing on the Amazon region, to ensure economic growth does not compromise vital ecosystem services.

• Brazil's infrastructure quality is considered poor compared to global standards, which negatively impacts the national economy by increasing production costs and reducing productivity and mobility.
• The 'Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon' project, running from July 2019 to December 2020, seeks to update regulations and guidelines to ensure socio-environmental risk assessments are incorporated throughout the entire lifecycle of infrastructure projects.
• The project identifies the feasibility study stage as a critical but currently neglected window for integrating social and environmental considerations to improve project quality before implementation.
• The initiative employs a dual-component approach consisting of regulatory and governance analysis alongside economic analysis, the latter serving as an access-to-market tool.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2019). Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Sustainable-Infrastructure-in-the-Amazon.pdf

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon. 2019. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Sustainable-Infrastructure-in-the-Amazon.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2019sustainable, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2019}, month = oct, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Sustainable-Infrastructure-in-the-Amazon.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }