Brazil

We evaluate Brail’s net zero target as: Target information incomplete.

Brazil’s aims to achieve “climate neutrality” by 2050, a target reiterated in its 2023 NDC submission. Brazil has not submitted a long-term strategy to the UNFCCC.

Assessment below was last updated: September 2022

Scope

• Target year – Brazil aims to reach net zero by 2050.
• Emissions coverage – Brazil provides no information on the target’s emission coverage.
• International aviation and shipping – Brazil provides no information on its intention to cover international aviation and shipping.
• Reductions or removals outside of own borders – Brazil provides no information on its intention to use international offset credits to meet its net zero target.

Target architecture

• Legal status – As part of its first updated NDC submission in 2020, Brazil first set an indicative goal of reaching net zero by 2060 (Government of Brazil, 2020). President Jair Bolsonaro announced the target of reaching net zero by 2050 at the 2021 Leaders' Climate Summit in April 2021 (Spring & Paraguassu, 2021). Its latest NDC update (April 2022) also makes reference to climate neutrality by 2050. Brazil has not submitted an LTS as of June 2022. A proposed law No. 6539 already approved by the Senate in November 2021 is under study by the Chamber of Deputies. In this new law, the goal of neutrality by 2050 is stated as an article.
• Separate reduction & removal targets – Brazil provides no information on its intention to communicate separate emission reduction and removal targets.
• Review process – Brazil provides no information on its intention to establish a review cycle for its net zero and intermediate targets.

Transparency

• Carbon dioxide removal – Brazil provides no information on its intention to communicate transparent assumptions on carbon dioxide removals.
• Comprehensive planning – Brazil does not provide any underlying government or government endorsed pathways, nor does it specify measures and actions to achieve net zero.
• Clarity on fairness of target – Brazil provides no information on its intention to explain the target’s fairness.

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