Center for Climate Crime Analysis

Brazil’s Federal Prosecution Authority (MPF) employs a systematic approach to tackling illegal deforestation. As part of its "Amazônia Protege" initiative, the MPF filed lawsuits against 647 defendants for illegally deforesting 147,000 hectares in the Amazon between 2020 and 2022. These lawsuits seek over R$1.3 billion (over USD 200 million) in compensation and require the defendants to repair the environmental damage caused. The defendants' illegal activities resulted in 57.9 megatons of CO2 emissions, equivalent to nearly 10% of the Amazon's total emissions in 2023. CCCA supported the MPF by analysing satellite imagery and cross-referencing it with public databases. This underscores the power of data and technology in addressing climate change. https://lnkd.in/gFcuX4iw 

Após desmatamento ilegal, registros de fazendas são alterados para "esquecer" a área desmatada. O truque: apagar evidências no papel para evitar embargos e punições, mesmo em áreas sobrepostas a terras indígenas e unidades de conservação. Uma investigação do Center for Climate Crime Analysis revelou o “sumiço” de mais de 4,9 milhões de hectares de áreas de fazendas na Amazônia Legal entre 2019 e 2024 com alterações no Cadastro Ambiental Rural, principal instrumento da legislação de proteção da vegetação nativa, o Código Florestal. Isso permite que proprietários evitem também restrições para obter financiamentos com recursos públicos, uma vez que as regras do Banco Central proíbem a concessão de crédito para propriedades com áreas embargadas ou sobrepostas a Unidades de Conservação (UCs). Neste webinar, vamos detalhar essa investigação e discutir o que pode e deve ser feito para que essa situação não se perpetue e os instrumentos do Código Florestal sirvam para seu propósito de proteção dos biomas brasileiros. With our partners Repórter Brasil and Observatório do Código Florestal https://lnkd.in/ekWsbCCE https://lnkd.in/ebR3MAxi

Driving action towards net-zero deforestation by 2030: Up to 95% of deforestation of the Amazon is illegal. Its main driver is the meat industry. CCCA uncovered a large-scale scheme involving over 15,000 cases in which Amazon landowners altered property boundaries, potentially to hide past illegal deforestation and environmental violations between 2019 and 2024. These changes may have facilitated the illegal occupation of indigenous lands and may have allowed landowners to bypass environmental laws and access public financing unlawfully: https://lnkd.in/eX66GsaR As direct result, Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS blocked several suppliers from Mato Grosso: https://lnkd.in/eimDfrsN CCCA published a technical note listing all affected properties to urge supply chain actors to exclude beef from these areas and to support appropriate law enforcement action against those who don't: https://lnkd.in/dWS2AryP

Business Insider selected Reinhold Gallmetzer, founder of CCCA, as one of the “Climate Action 15”—global innovators driving sustainable solutions in 2024. #ClimateAction #Deforestation #Methane #Sustainability #GreenInnovation #ClimateLeadership https://lnkd.in/dujzjPs7

After attending last year's COP28 UAE in person in Dubai, this year I am excited to be giving an expert talk on the 'Right to a Clean Environment' at the Singapore Sustainability Academy as part of the AlterCOP29 for those who want to engage with climate topics locally without going to Baku (https://www.altercop.com/) As it's a lawyer talk, I'll explain the legal frameworks supporting the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and the state duty to protect citizens from environmental harm. I will discuss how lawyers such as my old friend Reinhold Gallmetzer at the Center for Climate Crime Analysis in The Hague and ClientEarth - which Singapore's own Elizabeth Wu 邬智清 works for - are holding accountable those who violate the right to a healthy environment. I will also speak about how impact investors are using financial tools - and robust legal structures - to advance climate justice, highlighting Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)'s Orange Movement, which is directing billions of dollars to worthy enterprises in the Global South using both gender and climate lenses to allocate capital. Finally, as my students at Singapore Management University will attest, no climate talk is complete without discussing Greenwashing, so I will discuss the latest global trends on combating it through the legal system. I look forward to sharing the stage with many other esteemed speakers. Join us if you can!

Julia Solana, Directora del Programa de Metano, participa en el conversatorio "El gas metano en la región del Golfo de México: Impactos, datos y realidades en tiempos de emergencia climática". CCCA presenta una mirada satelital sobre las emisiones de metano en la región del Golfo de México, identificando las áreas de alta emisión y fuentes principales. Gracias al Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, y en especial a Carlos R. Asúnsolo Morales, por la invitación y su actuación como moderador. Impresionante trabajo presentado por Manuel Llano de CartoCrítica, @Patricia Rodriguez de EARTHWORKS y Juan Manuel Orozco Moreno de Conexiones Climáticas que trajeron la mirada local sobre las emisiones y sus efectos en las zonas de Tabasco, Veracruz y Campeche. Los testimonios de las personas que viven cerca de estas instalaciones, que fueron compartidos durante el evento, nos recuerdan la dimensión humana de este problema y recalcan la necesidad de actuar urgentemente y con contundencia para solucionar los problemas ocasionados por estas emisiones. #methane #climateaction

As part of the Online Expert Workshop on Deforestation, organized by I2LEC and coordinated by the EnviCrime Academy and the UAE Ministry of Interior, CCCA showcased its work supporting national law enforcement and transnational litigation efforts to combat illegal deforestation. Approximately 340 participants from over 90 countries attended CCCA’s training session.

Analysis conducted by CCCA in cooperation with Repórter Brasil shows that property owners are manipulating entries in the Brazilian Rural Environmental Registry (the Cadastro Ambiental Rural, or CAR) to cover up connections with illegal deforestation, IBAMA embargoes, and property claims encroaching on Indigenous lands and other protected areas: https://lnkd.in/eX66GsaR https://lnkd.in/eimDfrsN

🌿 We’re hiring! 🌿 The CCCA is looking for a Finance & Administrative Associate to join our team in Brazil. This role will play a key part in supporting our mission to hold those responsible for environmental destruction accountable and to advance climate justice in the Amazon. Based in Brasília, this position will support the financial and administrative operations of our program, which focuses on addressing illegal deforestation and other environmental crimes in the Amazon Basin. We’re looking for someone with experience in finance and administration within civil society organizations who is committed to transparency and accountability in their work. 📌 If you or someone you know is interested in joining a team dedicated to protecting the rights of Indigenous communities and advocating for sustainable practices, check out the full job description below with the link for inscription. https://lnkd.in/dF_6pJZ8

Big international banks earn billions of dollars from their investments in slaughterhouses that contribute to deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. To learn more, read this article by Global Witness, based in part on analysis conducted by CCCA: https://lnkd.in/ebBQC_yg