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OCTOBER 2020

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AIR QUALITY SPECIAL

In favor of PROCONVE and a fair and sustainable recovery

The Breathe Coalition [Coalizão Respirar], composed of civil society organizations, has created an Invisible Enemy campaign to place pressure against the postponement of the new stage of PROCONVE and has published a statement for a sustainable economic recovery

LAW AND CLIMATE

History is being written

In a historic public hearing, the STF discussed the subject of climate change for the first time. 66 experts were heard, including scientists, environmentalists, indigenous peoples and business owners, among others

Technical Note regarding Bill 3961/2020

LaClima and the Tanaloa Institute have published a technical note with an analysis of the Bill that declares a state of climate emergency in Brazil. ICS supports this action

Families for the Climate

The group has filed an action against the government of the state of São Paulo for non-compliance with the state policy of climate change in the IncentivAuto Program

CONVERSATIONS ON THE CLIMATE

NYC Climate Week

The week of September 21-27 was marked by #ClimateWeekNYC. iCS worked together with partners in three webinars about mobility, green recovery and mobilization of networks

TEDxSantaCecilia: Countdown

iCS is a partner of TEDxSantaCecilia, which brought together speakers in the format of TED talks, of up to 18 minutes, to try to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis

ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY

For the approval of Kigali

IDEC leads a public campaign for the ratification of the Kigali amendment in Brazil, which would help in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from air conditioners

New PROCEL Seal in public consultation

The revision of the seal, which provides more rigorous measures for its grant, was in public consultation until October 14. The intention is that a new rule will be published in November

TRANSPORT

SP Bus Monitor

IEMA has launched the SP Bus Monitor, an online tool that monitors greenhouse gas emissions and particulate matter from the São Paulo fleet

Air pollution: an urgent challenge

A series of three webinars by WRI Brasil is supported by iCS to discuss the green economy and the recovery of the automotive sector, fires and individual and public health

LAND USE AND FOOD SYSTEMS

Uncomplicated Medium

The Socioenvironmental Platform, a program developed by the Brics Policy Center (BPC), has published a new edition of the Social-Environmental Radar and the Uncomplicated Medium Podcast on Brazilian environmental policies

The meat we consume

The Brazil Coalition on Climate, Forests and Agriculture has published a study on the traceability of the beef chain in Brazil, and presents ways for the country to guarantee production that is free from illegal deforestation

CLIMATE POLICY AND OUTREACH

Urban Climate Agenda

Over twenty organizations have collectively produced an agenda with 10 priority actions for the local level, in view of the 2020 municipal elections. The product forms part of the Subnational Platform for the Climate

Faith and climate

ISER participates in an online debate organized by Green Faith about the relationships between climate change, the pandemic, spiritual transformation and a fair economy

LOW CARBON ECONOMY

Connection for the Climate [Conexão pelo Clima]

The Zero Carbon Connection Fair has changed its name and, in 2020, held an online version, with conversations about forests, the countryside, food production, cities, energy and urban planning

Technologies for decarbonization

Wylinka has displayed the results of the DEEPTECH Climate project, which has mapped the 11 best Brazilian technologies in the academic area to resolve the challenges of the decarbonization of the energy sector

Startups for the climate

The 2020 edition of the Global Green Business Ideas Competition, held by ClimateLaunchpad worldwide and by Climate Ventures in Brazil, has come to an end. See who won!

INSIDE iCS

We have a vacancy!

ICS has a new vacancy: program director. The professional will be responsible for the management of the program department, aiming to guarantee the quality standard in the deliveries and in the results obtained by the portfolios.

New Hiring

Marina Marçal is a lawyer and will coordinate the iCS climate policy and outreach portfolio. She previously worked in the area of policy and advocacy for the private sector, human rights and inequalities at Oxfam

GRANTS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Inc.

Duration: 4 months
Portfolio: Climate Policy and Outreach
Purpose of the grant: To promote and strengthen the climate debate in Brazil through the launch of climate action plans of the C40 cities in the country: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba and Salvador. The plans are developed by cities, with technical assistance from the C40 Climate Action Planning Programme in Latin America. The project is carried out through 2 components: support the completion of the plans’ text and design, and develop a communication strategy to launch the plans.

c40.org

Instituto de Energia e Meio Ambiente

Duration: 18 months
Portfolio: Transport
Purpose of the grant: To contribute to the decarbonization of the buses and better air quality in Brazil. It is proposed to continue with the support to SpTrans looking at managing the fleet renovation, incorporating a financial tool at the mechanism already developed. The grant too will support maintaining the Air Quality Platform, the only place, which organizes the state's air quality information in Brazil.

energiaeambiente.org.br

International Council on Clean Transportation

Duration: 12 months
Portfolio: Transport
Purpose of the grant: To accelerate the decarbonization of buses in São Paulo, through technical support to the public agency and operators, also through the oversight of the P8-Phase implementation at the PROCONVE program, which is looking to increase the internal combustion engine's efficiency. Besides that, institutional support to establish the local office

theicct.org

SITAWI

Duration: 18 months
Portfolio: Economy
Purpose of the grant: Extend the financial sector's commitments to the transition to a low carbon economy, by expanding the Investors for the Climate initiative, incorporating institutional investors. Advance the implementation of TCFD recommendations by Financial Institutions, especially those related to socio-environmental risks in sectors exposed to deforestation and fossil fuels.

sitawi.net

Ass. Arayara de Ed. e Cultura

Duration: 12 months
Portfolio: Energy
Purpose of the grant: "To strenght a Brazilian campaign and advocacy CSO, focused on fossil fuels phase out, fostering renewable energy sources. To consolidate a successful campaign against coal mining expansion in the Rio Grande do Sul State, demanding the phase-out of coal power plants, extended to the Northeastern State of Ceará."

UFBA/UFOPA

Duration: 6 months
Portfolio: Amaz. Urbana
Purpose of the grant: The Socio-spatial Study on Climate Change in Cities in the Legal Amazon aims to contribute to the revisions of the urban master plans for the cities of Belém, Manaus, Macapá, São Luís and Rio Branco. With socio-spatial analyzes on territorial ordering and racial, gender and social inequalities, in view of the commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda 2030 of the United Nations (UN).

www.ufba.br

Resistencia Cultural Upaon Açu

Duration: 6 months
Portfolio: Amaz. Urbana
Purpose of the grant: Disseminate informational content on institutional governance and the electoral process (i.e. role assigned to the position); investigate the political campaign proposals presented by the candidates for mayor, identifying coherence and inconsistency between the plans and the limits of the attributions pertinent to the position; fact checking; strategic communication to strengthen the public agenda.

www.instagram.com/re_o_cupa

Inst. Corrida Amiga

Duration: 12 months
Portfolio: Transport
Purpose of the grant: To activate engagement network in walking mobility to execute advocacy actions in municipal elections and implement a lab to materialize field actions, besides that, strengthen "Como Anda" initiative as lócus to debate walking mobility.

corridaamiga.org

WRI Brasil

Duration: 3 months
Portfolio: Economy
Purpose of the grant: To map and engage ecosystems, public, private and civil society stakeholders over the three months preparatory phase of the New Economy for the Amazon project, to be developed in the subsequent 33 months and which will contribute for the formulation of alternatives for sustainable economic development of the region to be incorporated into plans and projects for the region.

wribrasil.org.br/pt

Inst. de Energia e Meio Ambiente

Duration: 12 months
Portfolio: Land Use and Food Systems
Purpose of the grant: To update and improve the infrastructure layer (transportation, energy and mining) in Mapbiomas. To generate knowledge so the new infrastructure projects be developed considering socioeconomic benefits and socioenvironmental risks. One also aims to elaborate a pilot-platform for historic data visualization and forecasting air quality throughout the national territory.

energiaeambiente.org.br

Dantes Editora e Livraria Ltda

Duration: 4 months
Portfolio: Opportunity
Purpose of the grant: "To support Selvagem project that includes talks, readings, exhibitions, workshops, films projections, book publishings and a public-access channel available on the website of Dantes Editora and youtube. The cycle is accompanied by book editions which, in turn, provide more detailed content on the various themes explored during the gatherings. Talks are recorded for future release to a wider online audience. In addition, we share the bibliographical references highlighted by the participants during the discussions."

dantes.com.br/projetos

Inst. O Mundo Que Queremos

Duration: 13 months
Portfolio: Economy
Purpose of the grant: 3rd edition of Conexão Pelo Clima, the pioneer trade fair and largest space in Latin America where decarbonization solution providers meet private and public decision makers, with over than 2.000 participants. Spreading the message of the transition to the low carbon economy as the greatest opportunity in Brazilian history for leapfrogging development, jobs, investments and life quality.

omundoquequeremos.com.br

Inst. Escolhas

Duration: 10 months
Portfolio: Energy
Purpose of the grant: To adopt governmental measures that leverage the demand for highly efficient and low GHG emissions room air conditioners and refrigerators, notably, by adopting energy efficiency and low GWP criteria for public procurement mechanisms used by the Federal and the Sao Paulo State governments. The project also envisages to enhance the integration between energy efficiency and industrial policies.

www.escolhas.org

Rede de Ação Polit. pela Sust.

Duration: 10 months
Portfolio: Climate Policy and Outreach
Purpose of the grant: To develop the first-of-its-kind survey on how Brazilian parliamentarians understand the climate crisis. The project aims to launch a cycle of periodical opinion polls on the climate agenda in the National Congress. The results will enable CSOs to develop strategies to work with the parliament.

www.raps.org.br

GCCM - Movimento Católico Global pelo Clima

Duration: 12 months
Portfolio: Climate Policy and Outreach
Purpose of the grant: To support the institutional presence of the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) in Brazil by broadening the engagement of Catholic communities with the climate change agenda.

catholicclimatemovement.global/pt

Ass. de Jovens Engajamundo

Duration: 12 months
Portfolio: Energy
Purpose of the grant: To engage youth about the relationship between energy and climate, taking as starting point room air conditioning energy efficiency.

www.engajamundo.org

Inst. de Estudos Sociais e Politicos

Duration: 24 months
Portfolio: Climate Policy and Outreach
Purpose of the grant: To develop an Interdisciplinary Observatory on Climate Change in UERJ, the State University of Rio de Janeiro. The observatory will develop research, training and policy work in the field of climate change.

www.iesp.uerj.br

International Energy Initiative

Duration: 9 months
Portfolio: Energy
Purpose of the grant: To strengthen internal governance by developing a 5 year strategic plan, and to provide technical and strategic support to K-CEP project in Brazil, notably by providing technical support for minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) review for air conditioners and also for the advocacy campaign to be launched in partnership with the Kigali network.

iei-brasil.org

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