Karina Custódio*
Seven Brazilian states have signed a cooperation agreement with SEEG (System for Estimating Emissions and Removals of Greenhouse Gases) to use its data and now have a new tool to facilitate climate policy planning.
Launched on Wednesday (4), the SEEG’s “territorial sheet” facilitates access to greenhouse gas emission data at the state, municipal and biome level. With the territorial sheets, it is possible to access a complete report recording gas emissions and removals by territory and sector (agriculture, land use change and forestry, energy, waste, and industrial processes).
Alagoas, Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo have signed a technical cooperation agreement with the SEEG, which allows the platform’s data to be used officially. The launch of the territorial sheets facilitates the creation of customized reports based on SEEG data.
“The states’ initiative demonstrates their interest and proactivity in contributing to the climate agenda. The federal government needs the participation of all the federal entities in order to make progress with its mitigation strategies,” says Barbara Zimbres, a researcher at IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute).
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“The technical cooperation agreement signed between Alagoas and the SEEG was an important step towards access to the state’s greenhouse gas emissions data. Identifying the main sources and emitting sectors is fundamental for developing decarbonization policies, allowing the necessary investments in social technologies and innovation to be made in a targeted manner to implement climate management and reduce emissions,” says Marianna Farias, Climate Change and Sustainability Manager at the IMA (Environmental Institute) of Alagoas.
Emissions overview
Brazil is the fifth largest global emitter and, according to SEEG data, 50% of the country’s emissions are associated with deforestation. Brazil’s NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution) establishes a 59% to 67% reduction in emissions by 2035, compared to 2005, with the states’ contribution to Brazil’s annual emissions varying from 6 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, in the case of Amapá, to 312.3 million tons of CO² equivalent, in the case of Pará.
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SEEG
SEEG is a tool created in 2013 that gathers data on greenhouse gas emissions since 1970, pinpointing their origins and recommending strategies for their reduction. The platform is an initiative of the OC (Climate Observatory), a network of organizations of which IPAM is a founding member. At SEEG, IPAM coordinates the production of land use change and forestry data.
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Cover photo Rafael Coelho/IPAM*
