GHG Mitigation in Brazil's Land Use Sector

This research paper by the World Resources Institute provides an overview of Brazil's greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation plans within the agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sector, which is the country's largest source of GHG emissions. It evaluates the status of key initiatives—including the PPCDAm, PPCerrado, and the ABC Plan—and identifies systemic barriers to their effective implementation.

• Brazil established a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 36.1 percent to 38.9 percent from a projected baseline by 2020. This commitment is formalized in the National Policy for Climate Change (PNMC), which requires the creation of sectoral plans to execute mitigation actions.
• The Action Plan to Prevent and Control Deforestation in the Amazon (PPCDAm) has contributed to slowing deforestation, but its progress is threatened by weak law enforcement, efforts to soften legislation, market demand for beef and soy, and bureaucratic hurdles for landowners attempting to comply with the law.
• The Action Plan to Prevent and Control Deforestation and Fire in the Cerrado (PPCerrado) targets a 40 percent reduction in deforestation in the Cerrado biome by 2020 relative to historical rates. While the 'sustainable activities' pillar is the most implemented, the plan struggles with the creation of a system to monitor land cover and land use changes.
• The Low-Carbon Agriculture Plan (ABC Plan) initially struggled with low project approval (only five projects in 2010-11) due to a lack of capacity among key actors to access resources. Funding increased significantly in 2011-12 to 5,038 projects, primarily located in southeast Brazil.
• The authors identify four primary areas to improve the implementation of AFOLU policies: increasing transparency and civil society engagement, improving the monitoring and evaluation of policy impacts, enhancing coordination between government levels and ministries, and establishing clearer long-term funding.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). GHG Mitigation in Brazil's Land Use Sector. https://www.wri.org/research/ghg-mitigation-brazils-land-use-sector

Chicago

World Resources Institute. GHG Mitigation in Brazil's Land Use Sector. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/ghg-mitigation-brazils-land-use-sector.

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@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendghg, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{GHG Mitigation in Brazil's Land Use Sector}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/ghg-mitigation-brazils-land-use-sector}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }