Brazil and Norway hold talks on climate partnership

Brazil’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change met with Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment on Wednesday to discuss and reaffirm the bilateral climate and forest partnership, marking its 15-year anniversary.

Launched in 2008, the partnership through the Amazon Fund helped Brazil reduce deforestation in the Amazon and delivered one of the largest climate mitigations results the world has seen to date.Espen Barth Eide, Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment said "Brazil is a country that Norway cares a lot about.

We have this 15 years of history of working together on the Amazon Fund. The Amazon Fund was a Brazilian invention. We very much liked the model that was developed during the former presidency of Lula da Silva." Beyond its contributions to the Amazon Fund, Minister Barth Eide affirmed the intention to continue to collaborate with Brazil and to invest in actions aimed at supporting the fulfilment of Brazilian priorities, including its efforts to halt deforestation, tackle forest degradation, and restore forests and other ecosystems.