The Climate Plan defines goals and strategies for the sustainable transition of agriculture by 2050.

The objective of the Climate Plan is to guide, promote, implement, and monitor coordinated actions aimed at transitioning to a net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy by 2050 and adapting human and natural systems to climate change, through short-, medium-, and long-term strategies, in light of sustainable development and climate justice, through sectoral climate change mitigation and adaptation plans.

Minister Carlos Fávaro emphasized that the entire process of developing the Climate Plan for the agricultural sector was built with responsibility, transparency, and the participation of the productive sector and society. He recalled that, throughout the negotiations, truth and transparency were maintained as cornerstones.

The development of the Climate Plan began in 2023, within the scope of the Interministerial Committee on Climate Change (CIM) and the Executive Subcommittee (Subex). Since then, the Federal Government has structured a continuous process of technical and political dialogue with sectoral entities, experts, parliamentarians, and other areas of government. The Subex, coordinated by the Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic and with the executive secretariat of the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MMA), brings together secretaries and directors of strategic ministries.

In August, the Ministry of Agriculture hosted a meeting with the president of the Instituto Pensar Agropecuária (IPA), Tania Zanella, and representatives of the Agricultural Parliamentary Front (FPA). At that meeting, it was decided that former minister Roberto Rodrigues would be the sector's focal point for negotiations on the Climate Plan. Fávaro highlighted that this decision brought organization and agility to the discussions: “When each entity speaks for itself, nobody gets anywhere. Technical leadership was needed, and the sector chose Roberto Rodrigues for that,” he emphasized.

The minister also recalled Brazil's participation in COP30 in Belém (PA), where he reaffirmed Brazil's commitment to sustainable agricultural practices. "We had the best agricultural sector participation in all COPs. We brought science, data, and a real commitment to sustainability," he stated.

When discussing the specific characteristics of agriculture in the Climate Plan, Fávaro emphasized that the sector is the only one capable of sequestering carbon on a large scale. "All sectors need to mitigate emissions; agriculture, in addition to mitigating, can sequester carbon through photosynthesis and the recovery of degraded areas," highlighted Minister Carlos Fávaro.

Between August and December, the Federal Government held a public consultation on the Cross-Cutting Strategies and Sectoral Plans of the Climate Plan, expanding social participation and ensuring greater transparency and legitimacy to the process.

The public consultation on the Sectoral Plan for Agriculture and Livestock received 443 contributions and questions, demonstrating society's interest in the topic. In response to these contributions, the technical teams of the Climate Plan worked to find scientifically based solutions and build dialogues to meet the needs of the sectors involved, considering the various dimensions of impact that public policy can generate.

The configuration of the Sectoral Plans was revisited and the actions distributed among three Sectoral Mitigation Plans (SMPs):

1. The Agriculture and Livestock PSM, which encompasses actions related to strengthening and modernizing agricultural practices, expanding the adoption of sustainable practices from the ABC+ Plan, seeking to increase productivity and production, with more efficient use of natural resources and lower GHG emissions, under the responsibility of MAPA, MDA and MPA.

2. PSM on Land Use Changes in Private Rural Areas, which seeks to reduce emissions from the suppression of native vegetation on rural properties and increase removals through the recovery of native vegetation, in addition to other land use changes in private areas, such as incentives for forest planting, recovery and conversion of degraded areas, conservationist soil management, and expansion of integrated and agroecological production systems, under the responsibility of the Civil House, MMA, Mapa, and MDA.

3. PSM Land Use Changes in Public Areas and Collective Territories, which deals with emissions and removals of land use change (Suppression of Native Vegetation, Recovery of Native Vegetation, Maintenance of Native Vegetation) in Conservation Units, Indigenous Lands, Quilombola Territories, Rural Settlements, Undesignated Public Areas and areas in the so-called "Geographic Information Void", under the responsibility of the MMA and MDA.

Last Wednesday (10), the seventh ordinary meeting of Subex/CIM consolidated the final alignment, ensuring that the demands of the agricultural sector were incorporated into the texts. The Government and the private sector reached a consensus after several rounds of negotiation.

Minister Fávaro emphasized that all discussions took place calmly. "We negotiated point by point, responsibly. The Environment team was understanding, listened to our arguments, and we reached a good agreement," he stressed.

With the alignment finalized, the document will be presented to the ministers during the meeting of the Interministerial Committee on Climate Change.