Prescribed in the law decree nº 6.263, of November 21st 2007 and launched in December 2008, the National Plan on Climate Change has the objective of identifying, planning and coordinating actions and measures for GHG mitigation and to implement actions for adaptation to climate change. The document involves actions in a diverse range of sectors, and specifically for the forest sector it aims to achieve the sustained reduction of deforestation in the Amazon, with the target to reduce deforestation by 80% by 2020, using the average historical rates as a reference. In addition to the deforestation targets, the plan will give incentives to double the area of planted forests in Brazil, aiming at the economical and environmental recovery of these forests. The sectors included in the plan are: (i) energy, (ii) forests, other biomes and agriculture, (iii) other sectors: industries, waste, transport and health.
National Plan on Climate Change (Decree 6.263)
Elements of REDD
Management and coordination
The plan is a product of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Climate Change, and its executive group, both created to build the plan. Creation of the plan also had collaboration from other institutions and groups, such as the Brazilian Forum on Climate Change, results from the 3rd National Conference on Environment, as well as state forums on climate change and civil society organizations.
Stakeholder engagement and participation
During the refinement of the plan, there were some consultations with civil society via the Brazilian Forum on Climate Change, which included sectorial working groups and linkage with NGOs.
Rights and tenure
The Plan does not address rights or tenure issues.
Compliance (incentives and enforcement)
The plan aims to coordinate the objectives established with the current actions on the different sectors through their specific plans and activities, which each have their own strategy on enforcement.
Reference level
On reference levels, Brazil has adopted the historical baseline approach, considering the average deforestation rates for the past 10 years and linearly projecting it into the future, and decreasing according to the targets established on the plan. The document doesn't directly address other methodological issues.
Safeguards
The plan does not directly address this issue.
MRV
The plan itself does not address the issue of monitoring. For the forest section, it will follow the guidelines established on the PPCD-Am.
