Climate - guidelines and actions to fight climate change
Climate changeis a global emergency with economic and social impacts for current and future generations. To limit global warming to up to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels — as established by the Paris Agreement — greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must be significantly reduced, which demands global cooperation efforts.
The impacts will hit agro-export countries, such as Brazil, and countries with a deficit in economic and social infrastructure more intensely, which will have greater difficulty in dealing with climate disasters.
Source: BNDES Guidelines for Climate Change: Commitments and Challenges for a just transition.
With a longstanding socioenvironmental agenda, the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) holds a distinctive position in publicprivate coordination for the elaboration and implementation of public policies and relevant investments. Facing climate change urgency, BNDES — one of the largest development banks in the world — is an agent for promoting sustainable and inclusive development, encouraging the just transition, reduction of emissions, climate resilience, bioeconomy, biodiversity protection and ecological restoration.
BNDES Guidelines for Climate Change: Commitments and Challenges for a just transition Access here in full the document that summarizes our commitment to tackling climate change. |
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