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Rolim
Providing legal services both in Brazil and
overseas since 1993 through its four offices
in Brazil and two in Europe, the law office of
Rolim, Viotti, Goulart, Cardoso Advogados
(Rolim) continuously reaffirms its commitment
to exceed clients’ expectations.

✔ Brazil has recently established a new addition, there are good initiatives related
classification of economic activities to climate action from land tenure and
from a socio-environmental and climate specific environmental policies to energy
perspective. In short, the methodology efficiency and new technologies.
qualified credit lines for sustainable
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activities . ✔ Finally, climate litigation is setting a pace
for understanding climate change in Brazil.
✔ Recently, the Central Bank of Brazil It is becoming an important regulatory
expressly included climate risks in a tool in the implementation of effective
regulatory framework of risk and capital measures to combat climate change.
management before making them Currently, Brazil has some relevant actions
available for public comment . that involve, above all, issues such as
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deforestation and non-compliance with
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✔ Most Brazilian States have climate laws. current climate rules .
According to a recent survey, there are
also committees that encourage the At a recent event in Brazil, Jeffrey Sachs
engagement of civil society representatives stated that Brazil must once again lead the
to have greater representation and defense of sustainable development, investing
transparency in climate action . resources to protect biodiversity, carbon
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storage and produce healthy food. These
✔ The Brazilian Parliament is analyzing a efforts are urgently needed, and there are
specific regulation that will establish the initiatives on route to tackle climate change.
purchase and sale of carbon credits. In

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