Brasília – Researchers with the National Institute of Science and Technology for Climate Change (INTC-MC) are going to map out the vulnerabilities of ten Brazilian megacities in the face of the impact of climate change. According to the coordinator of the institute, Carlos Nobre, the aim is to identify problems in order to set the
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Last Friday, the Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras and the National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality presented the first vehicles to receive the label.
A study shows that the impact of devastation of the forest may alter the climate in Brazil and in neighbouring countries. In the last 30 years, Brazil lost 600,000 square kilometres of forest.
Braskem will invest US$ 219 million to manufacture plastic from ethanol, and Petrobras, US$ 263 million to reduce the amount of sulphur in gasoline and diesel, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
The water resource management system in Brazil, decentralized and participative, has been attracting the interest of participants at the meeting, in Turkey, which brought together 20,000 people.
The per capita volume of renewable water resources is decreasing in the Arab countries due to population growth. As a consequence, the region is implementing desalination and reuse projects.
The country will present its system for participative management of water basins at the World Water Forum, this month, in Turkey. Some 150 countries, among them the Arab ones, will be represented.
The United Nations and the Brazilian government will inaugurate, in April, three centres for recovery of CFC gases, which destroy the ozone layer.
The meeting, promoted by Ethos Institute, in São Paulo, should discuss the transformation necessary to build a fairer and more sustainable global economy.
Rio de Janeiro and five Arab cities are going to participate in a global event, called the Earth Hour, for the environment. They are going to turn their lights out for one hour on March 28th.
Two the Ministry for Social Development and Hunger Alleviation programs should be implemented in the Latin-American country. Secretary Crispim Moreira should go on a mission to the country this week.
Curitiba should have the first organic product market of Brazil, including snack bars, greengrocers, restaurant, butcher, more handicraft shops, cosmetics, garments and vegetables.
Tunisian representatives of the Arab Institute of Business Managers are in São Paulo to learn about corporate governance. The aim: to establish an institute in the country following Brazil’s example.
Brazil had an opportunity to present its biofuels industry at the World Future Energy Summit. Masdar group demonstrated interest in the technology.
