Brazil will release a detailed climate plan for 2035, covering all sectors of the economy, on 13 November, the country's environment minister Marina Silva said on the sidelines of the UN's Cop 29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Brazil had already announced that it will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by between 59-67pc by 2035, compared with 2005 levels, but had not released its new nationally determined contribution (NDC) — climate plan to be submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The new NDC will include emissions reduction targets for the agriculture, transport and industrial sectors and will also reiterate the country's commitment to eliminating deforestation across all biomes, environment minister Marina Silva said.
Brazil will seek to increase its agricultural output through productivity gains, rather than expansion into new areas. "We have the potential to double agricultural output without destroying the forest," she added. "We want to lead by example," Silva said. Brazil will host Cop 30 next year in Belem.
Regarding the election of Donald Trump as US president, she pointed out that global efforts to protect the environment are not going to be diminished because of political cycles.
"The US is an important country and the second largest CO2 emitter globally," Silva said, adding that many US states have "their own independent climate policies, which will not be suspended."
Alongside Brazil, two countries have also announced new emissions reduction goals under their updated NDCs: the UAE and the UK. All Cop parties have to submit their 2035 NDCs by February next year.
