The environmental policy proposed by US President-elect Joe Biden was analyzed by Época Magazine. The article addresses the new government’s goals for tackling global warming, the main challenges ahead, and the role of companies and private investments in the American and also Brazilian climate transition. Regarding Biden’s concern with the destruction of forests in Brazil, Adriana Erthal Abdenur, Executive Director of CIPÓ, commented on the suspension of the Amazon Fund at the beginning of President Bolsonaro’s government: “This was a very well evaluated mechanism and it was paralyzed”, harming forest protection initiatives.
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