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This briefing by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) and Agroicone presents proposals to integrate sustainability and climate resilience into Brazil's 2023/24 Agricultural Plan (Plano Safra). The document outlines three primary sets of recommendations: aligning rural credit rules with sustainability goals, improving agricultural risk management through insurance subsidies, and prioritizing the allocation of Constitutional Financing Funds (FCFs) for small producers and low-carbon practices.

This briefing by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) analyzes how amendments to Provisional Measure (MP) nº 1150/2022, approved by the Brazilian Senate on May 16, 2023, could undermine the alignment of the financial system with sustainability and the fight against deforestation. The document argues that the proposed text restricts the ability of financial institutions to deny credit based on environmental law violations and mandates reliance on official government data, which may be unreliable or outdated compared to scientific tools like MapBiomas.