Brazil Policy Center
The Brazil Policy Center combines rigorous economic, institutional, and legal analysis to identify areas for improving public policies and provides concrete recommendations on how to reconcile economic development with environmental conservation. CPI works closely with government agencies and civil society to chart paths for improvement. CPI’s Brazil Policy Center focuses on strategic areas, including Climate Law and Governance, Conservation, Energy, Financial Instruments, Infrastructure, and Sustainable Agriculture, and is based at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). CPI’s Brazil office is led by Juliano J. Assunção, professor in the Department of Economics at PUC-Rio.
Featured work
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Where Does Brazil Stand with the Implementation of the Forest Code? A Snapshot of CAR and PRA in Brazilian States – 2024 Edition
The report presents an unprecedented overview of the implementation of the Forest Code in Brazilian states, featuring updated 2024 data.
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Landscape of Climate Finance for Land Use in Brazil 2021–2023
Researchers from Climate Policy Initiative/Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro CPI/PUC-Rio quantify the financial flows directed toward agriculture and forests between 2021 and 2023 that are aligned with climate objectives.
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Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy: Inputs for Classifying Land Use Activities
Seeking to contribute to the construction of the Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy, researchers from CPI/PUC-Rio analyzed the intersections and complementarities between the main initiatives to define land use sustainability in Brazil.
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Latest work
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Landscape of Climate Finance in Brazil
In this first-of-its-kind report, CPI/PUC-RIO tracks and analyzes climate finance flowing to and within Brazil, across all actors – domestic and international; public and private – between 2019 and 2023.
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Fit-for-Purpose Forest Finance: A Menu of Financial Mechanisms
A new study by CPI/PUC-RIO identifies 30 international financial mechanisms currently mobilizing capital to advance forest objectives around the world.
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Where Does Brazil Stand with the Implementation of the Forest Code? – 2025 Edition
A new publication by CPI/PUC-Rio presents the executive summary of the report “Where Are We in the Implementation of the Forest Code?”, which provides an updated overview of the status of CAR and PRA implementation in all Brazilian states.
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The Forest-Climate Nexus for the Brazilian Amazon
CPI/PUC-RIO and AmazON 2030 show how the RDM can boost the Amazon’s economy by turning degraded areas into opportunities for revenue and sustainable development.
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The Forest-Climate Nexus: A Fit-for-Purpose Framework for Climate Impact
This study presents a financial architecture tailored to meet the different realities of tropical forests across the world, and proposes a Reversing Deforestation Mechanism (RDM) to fill a critical gap that would advance restoration and transform the role of forests from a climate risk to a climate...
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When the River Runs Dry: How Amazon Deforestation Threatens the Brazilian Economy
Study by CPI/PUC-Rio and Amazônia 2030 investigates the impacts of Amazon forest deforestation on strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy.
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Biodiversity-Based Biotechnology in Brazil: Regulatory and Institutional Challenges
New study by CPI/PUC-RIO and Amazon 2030 presents a regulatory and institutional mapping of biodiversity-based biotechnology, focusing on the Access and Benefit-Sharing framework.
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Carbon Credits in the Amazon: New Methodology for Assessing Project Additionality
Study from CPI/PUC-RIO proposes a new methodology for assessing additionality in REDD projects in Brazil.
