Climate change and the carbon market

Abstract

The improvement of studies in different scientific areas makes the impacts resulting from climate change on the planet increasingly alarming. Thus, the objective of this work is to present the practices developed in Brazil and in the world regarding climate change and forest carbon, as well as the importance of native and planted forests. The present work was based on a literature review, in which books, journals, and online periodicals were consulted through the Google Academic and CAPES Periodicals platforms. To mitigate greenhouse gas emissions (GG) in Brazil, one of the hypotheses would be to reduce deforestation, since most Brazilian GHG emissions result from deforestation and the burning of forests to make way for livestock. Reducing the worsening of global warming can be done through the storage of atmospheric carbon. Forests are of great importance in reducing global warming and climate change by sequestering carbon. Thus, it is essential that professionals and researchers develop studies that analyze the effectiveness of current mitigation measures, with the development of alternatives that include native and planted forests.