Brazilian Agricultural Mitigation and Adaptation Policies

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) maps Brazil's public policies for climate mitigation and adaptation in agriculture, evaluating them through the lens of a 'just transition.' It identifies a framework of policies that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase resilience, while highlighting the need to better include vulnerable groups such as family farmers and traditional communities to ensure social and economic equity.

• Agricultural activities account for 25% of Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions, and the sector is increasingly vulnerable to extreme temperature and precipitation events.
• The ABC+ Plan (renewed in 2020) is the primary framework for low-carbon agriculture, aiming to mitigate approximately one billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 through goals such as recovering 15 million hectares of degraded pastures and expanding no-tillage systems by eight million hectares.
• While many policies exist, only a few integrate both climate goals and elements of social and economic justice. The National Policy on Agroecology and Organic Production (PNAPO), the National Policy on Planted Forests, and the National Policy on Crop-Cattle-Forest Integration are identified as policies that simultaneously promote low-carbon transition and justice.
• Governance of agricultural climate policies is fragmented across four ministries, with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) serving as the primary implementer for seven of the 15 mapped policies.
• There is a significant gap in technical support for vulnerable producers; training and technical assistance within the ABC/ABC+ Plan are currently targeted at large-scale producers, excluding smallholders and family farmers.

APA

Chiavari, J., & Antonaccio, L. (2023). Brazilian Agricultural Mitigation and Adaptation Policies. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Towards_Just_-Transition.pdf

Chicago

Chiavari, Joana, and Luiza Antonaccio. Brazilian Agricultural Mitigation and Adaptation Policies. Climate Policy Initiative, 2023. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Towards_Just_-Transition.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{chiavari2023brazilian, author = {Chiavari, Joana and Antonaccio, Luiza}, title = {{Brazilian Agricultural Mitigation and Adaptation Policies}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2023}, month = aug, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Towards_Just_-Transition.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }