This February, deforestation in the Amazon reached a new record high.
2021 was supposed to mark the start of the implementation of Brazil’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement to limit global heating. But instead, gross emissions have risen 40% since the Paris Agreement.
Our new factsheet, produced with Reporter Brasil, exposes how big agribusiness and pesticide corporations have lost Brazil a decade of crucial climate action.
At the same time, heavy lobbying by big pharma over the course of Bolsonaro’s presidency weakened pesticide regulations, and authorisation of new toxic agrochemicals continues to reach record highs. These chemicals – many banned in the EU – are linked to air and soil contamination, lost livelihoods for organic farmers, and hundreds of pesticide poisonings across Brazil.
While the Amazon passes irreversible environmental tipping points and new toxic chemicals leave a trail of contamination, the European Union is actively signing away more of the planet and people in the lethal EU-Mercosur free trade agreement.
Listen to the testimonies of frontline activists and communities affected by this corporate devastation of the region as they share their insights into the situation on the ground today.
This factsheet is the second in a series. Read the first one on how European trade deals propel destructive agribusiness in the Mercosur region here.
The videos in this publication are co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them
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