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Brazil

Nationally determined contribution (NDC) Analysis

Brazil - 2030

Summary
Reference to Women/Gender
Context of Gender Reference
Adaptation
Gender Tags
GS
Submitted Language
English
Submitted Translation
No
Type of Support
Conditional
Monitoring and/or Implementation
Monitoring
Implementation
NDC Commitments
Mitigation
Adaptation
Participatory Process for NDC Development Mentioned
Yes
File Url
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Timeframe 
Single-year target for 2025; indicative values for 2030 for reference purposes only
Relevant Context 

Brazil is a developing country with several challenges regarding poverty eradication, education, public health, employment, housing, infrastructure and energy access.

Process for Developing NDC 

No mention of process for developing NDC

Description of Monitoring and/or Implementation Mechanism 

All policies, measures and actions to implement Brazil's NDC are carried out under the National Policy on Climate Change (Law 12,187/2009), the Law on the Protection of Native Forests (Law 12,651/2012, hereinafter referred as Forest Code), the Law on

Summary of Gender Reference 

The Government of Brazil is committed to implementing its NDC with full respect to human rights, in particular rights of vulnerable communities, indigenous populations, traditional communities and workers in sectors affected by relevant policies and plans

Brazil - 2030

Summary
Reference to Women/Gender
Gender Tags
GS
Submitted Language
English
Submitted Translation
No
Monitoring and/or Implementation
Monitoring
NDC Commitments
Mitigation
Participatory Process for NDC Development Mentioned
No
File Url
Download NDC View NDC in Browser
Timeframe 
2005 to 2025 and 2005 to 2030
Relevant Context 

Largest country in Latin America, with lush tropical rainforests that are vital to the world’s survival

Process for Developing NDC 

The updated NDC describes the general avenues for institutional interaction between government and civil society, which takes place through the Brazilian Forum on Climate Change. However, there is no mention of how much civil society had the opportunity h

Description of Monitoring and/or Implementation Mechanism 

The NDC states that Brazil will use the 2006 IPCC guidelines to update its national inventories and account for the gas emissions covered by the NDC. Its Biennial Transparency Reports will also apply specific assumptions and methodologies to assess progre

Summary of Gender Reference 

In the section of the annex with more details on the NDC on existing domestic institutional arrangements and public participation and engagement, Brazil briefly mentions its Constitutional articles that "pay due attention to the needs" of women

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Related Resources

Women at the Intersection of Gender, Conflict, & Climate Justice : A Collection of Stories from the Philippines, Brazil, Mozambique and Burkina Faso

pdf Download

Author 

  • Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA)

Year 

2025

Country 

Citation 

Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA). (2025). Women at the Intersection of Gender, Conflict, & Climate Justice : A Collection of Stories from the Philippines, Brazil, Mozambique and Burkina Faso
Climate Activist Profiles Community-Centered Solutions Conflict, Displacement, and/or Migration

Brazil. (2024). Information on the progress, challenges, gaps and priorities in implementing the gender action plan (GAP) and future work to be undertaken on gender and climate change

UNFCCC Submission Download

Author 

  • Brazil

Year 

2024

Country 

Citation 

Brazil. (2024). Information on the progress, challenges, gaps and priorities in implementing the gender action plan (GAP) and future work to be undertaken on gender and climate change Mandate: Decision 15/CP.28, para. 2. UNFCCC Submission.
Gender Analysis & Assessment Policy

Global Goal on Adaptation - Necessary Data on Race, Gender and Age

Online Event

Author 

  • Conectas Human Rights, Brazilian Institute for Consumer Defense (Idec), Institute of Studies on Religion (ISER), International Education Institute of Brazil (IEB), Alana

Year 

2024

Country 

Citation 

Conectas Human Rights, Brazilian Institute for Consumer Defense (Idec), Institute of Studies on Religion (ISER), International Education Institute of Brazil (IEB), Alana. (2024). Global Goal on Adaptation - Necessary Data on Race, Gender and Age. UNFCCC COP29 Side Event.
Data NAPs and NAPAs

Women for Climate Justice Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis

Online Event

Author 

  • Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), Ithaca College, The Gaia Foundation, California College of the Arts (CCA)

Year 

2024

Country 

Citation 

Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), Ithaca College, The Gaia Foundation, California College of the Arts (CCA). (2024). Women for Climate Justice Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis. UNFCCC COP29 Side Event.
Community-Centered Solutions Forestry, including REDD+ Women Environmental Defenders

Realizing Women’s Rights to Land and Other Productive Resources (second edition)

Report Download

Author 

  • UN Women and OHCHR

Year 

2020

Country 

Citation 

United Nations (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights), & United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). (2020). Realizing women’s rights to land and other productive resources (second edition) (2nd ed., Publication No. HR/PUB/13/04/Rev. 1). Geneva, Switzerland: OHCHR and New York, New York: UN Women
Agriculture & Land Gender Analysis & Assessment Policy

The SEMEAR Group Works to Add Value to the Forest, Turning Seeds and Seedlings as Forest Product Capable to Generate Ecological, Political and Social Processes

Webpage

Author 

  • Women and Gender Constituency

Year 

2015

Country 

Citation 

Women and Gender Constituency. (2015). The SEMEAR Group Works to Add Value to the Forest, Turning Seeds and Seedlings as Forest Product Capable to Generate Ecological, Political and Social Processes. http://womengenderclimate.org/gjc_solutions/the-semear-group-works-to-add-value-to-the-forest-turning-seeds-and-seedlings-as-forest-product-capable-to-generate-ecological-political-and-social-processes/.
Forestry, including REDD+
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