We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight. Subscribe for free here. Tanzania confirmed its intention to join the coalition, the Guardian said. Vietnam also reportedly expressed their interest in joining. Here, Carbon Brief speaks to two Brazilian experts about the implications of the new nationally determined contribution NDC.
The interviews have been edited for length and clarity. Ane Alencar: Even with all the difficulties we have in Brazil, there is a commitment of the government to actually move forward and be more ambitious [on climate change]. I think they did thatโฆeven though I think it could be a little bit more.
But I think this is an important step. And the target of the NDC is very weak. We will certainly push for [the new NDC] to be the ambition floor, not the ambition ceiling. AA: The government has done a very good job in the past to reach that important reduction of deforestationโฆHowever, we do have to deal with the fact that there are people who still can deforest legally.
And what would be the incentives for these people to not deforest? The incentives that exist today seem not to be enough. It added that 81 countries signed the initiative. In response, the government has started enacting strict control measures, including banning most trucks from entering the city and moving school classes online. BBC News factchecked how many farms this might affect.
In ongoing farmer protests across the Channel, French farmers and their tractors blocked roads around the country to protest a trade deal between the EU and Mercosur countries in South America, according to Le Monde. The European Commission recently proposed a one-year delay for the law, which was due to take effect this December.
