Brazil

An article by Brazilian organizations FASE Amazonía, Grupo Carta de Belém and Fórum de la Amazonía Oriental, published by the newspaper “Aldeia”, challenges the myth – rooted in the carbon market – that the energy produced by hydroelectric plants is ‘clean’ energy, that is, an energy source that does not create polluting emissions.

Only available in Portuguese. A financeirização da natureza significa o aprofundamento radical do capitalismo e, ao mesmo tempo, configura-se como um neocolonialismo. Os povos indígenas e as comunidades tradicionais são os principais impactados por esta lógica perversa, que transforma a natureza em mercadoria e agrava ainda mais a desigualdade social.

Fact-finding and advocacy mission preliminary report, by Cristiane Faustino y Fabrina Furtado Download the preliminary report as pdf here

REDD: A Collection of Conflicts, Contradictions and Lies presents summaries of reports from 24 REDD projects or programmes with a common characteristic: they all show a number of structural characteristics that undermine forest peoples' rights, or fail to address deforestation. As offset projects, they all fail to address the climate crisis because by definition, offset projects do not reduce overall emissions: emission reductions claimed in one place justify extra emissions elsewhere.

 

 

    Herrn Minister Gerd Müller  Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ)   Stresemannstraße 94 10963 Berlin Frau Ministerin Dr. Barbara Hendricks Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit (BMUB) Stresemannstraße 128 - 130 10117 Berlin Sehr geehrte Frau Ministerin Hendricks,

Also available in Deutch Minister Dr. Gerd Müller  Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ)   Stresemannstraße 94 10963 Berlin

Only available in Portuguese. Download the full letter as pdf Montevideo, 30 de setembro de 2014