Debit or Credit? The Potential of the Amazon

Biodom Awareness Futuro Impacto Social Sustentabilidade

The preservation of standing forests goes beyond carbon credits, playing a vital role in maintaining biodiversity, protecting ecosystems and regulating the water cycle. By preserving forests, we not only mitigate climate change, but also guarantee lasting benefits for the planet's balance and our survival.

Speakers

Carlos Afonso Nobre | Palestrante

Carlos Nobre is an Earth System scientist from Brazil. He graduated in Electronics Engineering from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA), Brazil, in 1974 and obtained a PhD in Meteorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, in 1983. He dedicated his scientific carrier mostly to Amazonian and climate science at Brazil’s National Institutes of Amazonian Research (INPA) and Space Research (INPE). He is presently a senior researcher with the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo and the creator of the Amazon Third Way-Amazonia 4.0 Initiative. Also, Co-Chair of Science Panel for Amazon.