Amazon receives climate data platform presented during COP30 in Belém
The tool, which gathers environmental and territorial information, was launched alongside the Amazon Strategy 2050, which sets sustainable development goals for the states in the region.
The governor of Pará, Helder Barbalho, participated this Tuesday (11) in the launch of the CAL 2050 platform (Climate, Amazon, and Legality), presented by the Legal Amazon Consortium during the second day of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém. Developed with technical support from the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (Ipam), the initiative creates an unprecedented database of environmental and territorial data to guide public policies aimed at addressing the climate crisis and the sustainable development of the region.
“What is effective in one environment is not necessarily so in another. And, from this consortium perspective, we are building the engagement of all states to strengthen this support, so that we can increasingly scale the regional ambition of public policies, actions, and the common mission of caring for the Amazon,” said Governor Helder Barbalho, who presides over the Legal Amazon Consortium.
The CAL 2050 brings together geospatial, climatic, and land use data, allowing real-time monitoring of indicators on deforestation, forest regeneration, greenhouse gas emissions, investments in bioeconomy, and traceability of environmental assets. The platform connects federal and state information and will be a strategic tool for monitoring the contribution of Amazonian states to the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement.
The executive director of Ipam, Ludovico Pereira, highlighted that the tool represents a leap in quality in regional environmental management. “The challenge of implementation requires new ways to approach reality, a reality that needs to be measurable, quantifiable, and translated into smart data. Without smart data, it is not possible to sustain strategic decisions. The CAL 2050 delivers a concrete response to the global climate emergency and shows that climate governance starts in the territory,” he stated.
Presented in the same panel, the Amazon Strategy 2050 defines long-term guidelines to reconcile living forests, economic prosperity, energy transition, and social justice. The CAL 2050 will be the technical infrastructure that ensures transparency, traceability, and integrity in the execution of these goals, in accordance with Law No. 15.042/2024, which establishes the regulated carbon market in Brazil and paves the way for integration into Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
With the launch, Pará reinforces its role as a political and technical articulator of the Amazon's environmental agenda. Leading the Consortium, Helder Barbalho conducts a collective effort that transcends state borders and projects the region as a global reference in climate governance. During COP30, Belém has revealed a more organized, connected Amazon, willing to lead its own solutions from within the forest, with data, science, and political decision-making.
