governance
Proposal
Create the State Secretariat for Climate Emergency, directly under the President’s Office.
Problem
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ADMINISTRATIVE SPHERES OF COMPETENCE
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Basic applicable legislation
Law No. 13.844/2019 – Establishes the basic organisation of the bodies of the Presidency and of its ministries.
Bills of Interest
Constitutional Amendment Bill (PEC) No. 37/2021 – Incorporates the climate issue into the Constitution as a Fundamental Right.
RELATED PROPOSALS
Brazil 2045: building an environmental powerhouse
Observatório do Clima
https://concertacao.com/3red
Include the climate issue among the responsibilities of ministries and other federal bodies, through the Provisional Presidential Decree that would define the organisational structure of the next administration, ensuring coordination by an interministerial structure.
Letter from Alter
Fórum Amazônia Sustentável
https://concertacao.com/tsp5
Place climate policy at the centre of power and not limited to the Ministry of the Environment, in order to: (i) foster countrywide agreements on goals, efforts and resources related to climate change; and (ii) reopen channels for dialogue between the government and civil society.
A ten-point plan for decarbonising Brazil
Clima e Desenvolvimento e Instituto Talanoa
https://concertacao.com/8s2p
Create a Strategic Secretariat for Climate & Development, with an interministerial mandate to liaise with the National Congress, federal entities and civil society; reopen channels for a dialogue between government and society; reinstate the role of climate diplomacy within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Restore spaces of social participation and control within the scope of the Federal Government for monitoring and evaluating food security and nutrition policies.
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Type of draft
Reinstate the National Council for Food Security and Nutrition (CONSEA) within the scope of the government bodies under the President’s office and its Ministries.
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Qualify infrastructure projects in the Brazilian Legal Amazon for the Investment Partnerships Programme (PPI), bringing forward in the decision-making timeline the assessment of socio-environmental impacts.
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Revoke the Support Programme for the Development of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining.
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Establish new parameters for purchasing, selling and transporting gold within the country.
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Form a committee to carry out technical, legal and operational feasibility studies to integrate real estate and land registries.
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Create an Interministerial Working Group to formulate a National Land Governance Policy and a National Land Development Plan.
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Prioritise a tactical and operational programme in Public Security within the scope of the Interstate Consortium for Sustainable Development of the Legal Amazon.
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Reinstate the Bolsa Verde cash transfer Programme, prioritising families living in extreme poverty in forest areas of the Brazilian Legal Amazon.
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Integrate data from the Health Information System for Indigenous Peoples (SIASI) to the Health Information System for Primary Care (SISAB) and to other Unified Healthcare System (SUS) information systems at a national level.
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Create a Working Group focused on health in the Brazilian Legal Amazon.
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Prioritise the allocation of resources from the Fund for Universalisation of Telecommunications Services (FUST) to projects that serve traditional communities and smallholder farmers, in particular to public education and health care facilities.
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Create the State Secretariat for Climate Emergency, directly under the President’s Office.
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Develop technological alternatives for decentralised sewarage solutions in special, rural and peri-urban areas.