Brazil this month unveiled its long-awaited National Climate Change Plan, a blueprint for mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and managing climate impacts between now and 2035. The document, coordinated by Brazil’s Environment and Climate Change Ministry (MMA) with input from 24 other ministries, has drawn unfavorable reviews from green advocates, many of whom call its objectives and implementation provisions lackluster. But government officials said it marks a serious attempt to address the causes of climate change and protect Brazilians from the risks it poses. Among them was Marina Silva, Brazil’s environment and climate change minister until she stepped down on April 1, to run for the national senate. (See Around the Region—this issue.) “The Climate Plan places people at the center of the policy to address climate change,” Silva said in a prepared statement issued on March 16, when she was still minister. “Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the... [Log in to read more]