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Izabella Teixeira
Environment Minister of Brazil
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Izabella Mônica Vieira Teixeira (born 9 October ) was the BrazilianMinister of the Environment.[1] She is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award (Champions of the Earth) in [2]
Education
She was born in Brasília, and has a master's degree in energy planning and a Ph.D. in environmental planning from COPPE/UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro).[3]
Early career
In May she was appointed Minister of the Environment, and, in January she was reappointed to the position by Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's new President.[3][4]
Minister of the Environment
In October Teixeira made a statement on behalf of Brazil at the 10th conference on the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan, in which she outlined Brazil's view that the time for talking had stopped and that compromise may be required among the various nations in order to achieve actions.[5] She also spoke at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancún, Mexico.[6]
At home in Brazil, she successfully hosted the Rio+20 (UN Conference on Sustainable Development) and the World Environment Day.[7]
On 24 September , Teixeira was appointed by UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon to serve on the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post Development Agenda.[8]
Issues
Deforestation
Main article: Deforestation in Brazil
Teixeira is devoted to reversing the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest, and achieved an 84% reduction in deforestation from to , a "remarkable feat that is a tribute to her courage to push against the tide of destruction and is a significant initiative from Brazil on climate change mitigation". Her land-use planning policies saved ,&#;km2 of conservation areas—the equivalent of 75 percent of protected forests in the world.[7]
From August to July , the rate of deforestation increased by 29% in the Amazônia Legal (Legal Amazon),[9] and from to , it rose by %.[10] With Teixeira as Environment Minister, Brazil has also refused to sign the anti-deforestation pledge that aims to reduce deforestation by , dealing a blow to the Climate Change summit that took place in New York in October “Unfortunately, we were not consulted,” Brazil’s Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira told the Associated Press.[11]
FIFA World Cup
On 24 May , Teixeira announced a pollution-reducing initiative aimed at making the FIFA World Cup the most environmentally friendly ever by allowing companies to buy carbon credits in exchange for the right to advertise themselves as official “green seal” World Cup sponsors. In addition, along with the United Nations Environment Program, Teixeira launched a project called “green passport” that promoted sustainable tourism.[12]