Decree 9.172/2017 (National Emissions Registration System - Sirene)

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Normative instruction 12/2010

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Establishes the National Emissions Registration System - Sirene, provides for the instruments of the National Policy on Climate Change referred to in item XIII of the caput of art. 6 of Law No. 12,187, of December 29, 2009, and amends Decree No. 7,390, of December 9, 2010, which regulates said Policy.<br><br>Related to this, normative instruction 12/2010 stipulates in art 2 that the IBAMA Licensing Board evaluates, in the process of licensing activities capable of emitting greenhouse gases, the measures proposed by the entrepreneur with the objective of mitigating these environmental impacts, in compliance with the commitments assumed by Brazil in the Convention- United Nations Framework on Climate Change. Art 3 states that&nbsp;the Terms of Reference, prepared by IBAMA, to guide the Environmental Impact Studies for the licensing of projects capable of emitting greenhouse gases, include measures to mitigate or compensate for these environmental impacts in line with the National Plan on Climate Change.

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An aim to achieve a quantifiable outcome within a given time-frame, set by an institution such as a national government.

Policy instruments are techniques or tools used by governing authorities to promote certain policies in order to achieve predetermined goals. Put simply, instruments are how a government tries to achieve its goals, with this taxonomy being focused on national policy instruments.

Risk is the potential for adverse consequences resulting from the dynamic interplay between (climate-related) hazards, exposure, and vulnerability of affected human or ecological systems.

Groups  of people who are adversely affected by climate change or the response to it

A set of principles, processes, and practices that build economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy.

Renewable energy means all forms of energy produced from renewable sources in a sustainable manner.

Fossil fuel is a generic term for non-renewable energy sources such as coal, fossil gas, and oil (including crude oil, and petroleum products), that can be used for electricity and heat generation. Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons formed from pressurised and heated organic material buried over millions of years.

Molecules in the atmosphere that play a key role in the greenhouse effect by trapping heat radiating from Earth’s surface.

Area of the economy in which actors engage in identical or related activities.

In human systems, the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate change and its effects, in order to moderate harm, increase resilience or exploit beneficial opportunities. In natural systems, the process of adjustment to actual climate change and its effects; human intervention may facilitate adjustment to expected climate change and its effects.

The management and allocation of funds, assets and investments to meet various objectives

A long-lived, colourless gas, chiefly emitted from fossil fuel combustion, deforestation and cement production.

The release of heat-trapping gases, primarily from human activities such as burning fossil fuels, agriculture and industry.

This sector involves activities to move goods and people, alongside the storage of products.

A company that is owned wholly or partially by the state, typically operating in key sectors.

Decree 9.172/2017 (National Emissions Registration System - Sirene)

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