The UAE announced Razan Al Mubarak, current president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, as the climate change high-level champion from the COP28 Presidency.
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The information from Brazil’s Foreign Affairs Ministry was confirmed by president Lula to Pará governor Helder Barbalho on Wednesday (11) in Brasília.
The energy source already ranks third among the most generating in the country, with 19 GW of installed capacity.
Petrobras started testing an equipment that mensurates the speed and direction of the winds at the ocean so that Brazil can produce wind power in offshore parks.
The conference ended this Monday (19) in Canada with a deal signed between 190 states. The text includes important targets for halting biodiversity loss worldwide and resolutions concerning funding and monitoring.
Neom Green Hydrogen Co. signed agreements with a Saudi fund and banks to enable the implementation of a green hydrogen plant in the country. The project is expected to be the largest in the world and focus on exports.
Brazilian Autotech Mileto already produces electric motorcycles and minitrucks and intends to bring passenger cars to the market in 2023 with prices starting at BRL 100,000 (USD 19,000). The company aims to export and will hold investment rounds next year. A Dubai fund has become interested in the business.
At the Brazil Africa Forum in São Paulo, representatives from cities and institutions presented initiatives implemented to boost green energy generation. The Arab Brazilian Chamber’s secretary-general talked about investments of oil profits in green projects.
The event will take place in São Paulo on November 29 and 30 to foster good practices and partnerships between Brazil and African countries.
In the context of the United Nations Climate Conference, Brazil’s Industry Confederation president Robson Braga de Andrade, pens an article defending the urgency of implementing strategies to reduce emissions and states the Brazilian industry is working towards achieving the established goals.
After days of negotiations at the UN Climate Change Conference, countries reached agreement on establishing a funding mechanism to compensate vulnerable nations for climate-induced disasters.
In an exclusive interview with ANBA, Brazil’s ambassador to Egypt, Antonio Patriota, said that the Egyptian president is expected to visit Brazil sometime in the coming year. El-Sisi told Lula he wants an Egypt-Brazil nonstop flight. Patriota added there is still no competition for a COP30 in Brazil.
In an interview with ANBA at COP27, the Environment minister said the alliance between Brazil, Congo and Indonesia, the world’s three largest rainforest nations, will be beneficial and provide knowledge transfer. Leite also discussed the creation of the methane credit market and took stock of the conference in Egypt.
Brazil’s president-elect said Thursday (17) that the federal government will once again accommodate all Brazilians starting next Climate Conference, whether they are from the government, the private sector or the civil society. COP28 will take place in Dubai next November.
