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Catch up on our panels from our May Brazil Nature-based Solutions Investment Summit ahead of the 2024 Brazil Climate Summit tomorrow.

Capital for Climate is excited to be a partner at the 2024 Brazil Climate Summit, which will launch on Wednesday, September 18th. We are excited to use this event to build on the work of the Brazil Nature-based Solutions Investment Collaborative, and continue to showcase the investable opportunities in Brazilian NbS showcased at our 2024 Brazil Nature-based Solutions Summit in Sao Paulo in May, which we developed in partnership with Converge Capital. The summit brought together more than 300 participants for a daylong discussion of the current state of Brazilian Nature-based Solutions investment, including presentations by 26 companies and funds operating across the NbS sector. Videos from the summit's panels on NbS investment topics are available now for registered users of our nbs.capitalforclimate.com platform. You can watch them to learn more about the landscape of Brazilian Nature-based Solutions investment and project development ahead of the 2024 Brazil Climate Summit.

If you cannot make the Brazil Climate Summit this year, but want to experience the day's exciting programming, be sure to watch the livestream linked on the summit website!

Capital for Climate's special roadshow side-event at the Brazil Climate Summit is only 5 days away. Invitees will get the chance to hear from 6 of the most innovative companies and funds active in the Brazilian Nature-based Solutions field: Patria Investments is a leading alternative investment platform in Latin America. In 2021, Patria entered a strategic partnership with Kamaroopin focused on late-stage VC and growth equities. More recently, Patria has partnered with Pachama to develop greenfield native reforestation projects through its Reforest Fund 1. Courageous Land enables large-scale reforestation across Brazil through its Agroforestry Intelligence Platform and Agroforestry Landscape Hubs, with the goal of reforesting 10,000 hectares of degraded lands and pastures by 2030 through biodiverse agroforestry systems. Symbiosis Investimentos e Participações S.A is a vertically integrated forestry and genetic improvement company focused on the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. One of the pioneers in sustainable hardwood production in Brazil, Symbiosis now has over 1.4Kha of planted production and conservation forests. Biomas is an impact company created in partnership between Banco Itaú, Rabobank, Santander Brasil, Marfrig Global Foods, Vale, and Suzano, with the goal of restoring and protecting 4 million hectares of native forests over 20 years across the Amazon, the Atlantic Forest, and the Cerrado. The company focuses on developing restoration projects that are economically sustainable and foster social development in their service area. Samauma is an ecosystem of projects dedicated to sustainable development and the transformation of realities, working together with local communities to conserve the rainforest. Since its founding, Samauma has partnered with FRAM Capital, BTG Pactual, MyCarbon and Mata Nativa BR to develop its first project in Acre State, with more than 148k hectares of native forest and which will directly impact more than 2.000 people. Beyond carbon avoidance and forest conservation, Samauma also has a partnership with UNICEF to support the UNICEF Seal Program, which focus on improving social indicators in undeveloped municipalities, especially those related to access to water, sanitation and hygiene. & the Reverte program, an initiative of Syngenta and Banco Itaú, the Reverte program provides long-term financing to Syngenta’s clients who seek to expand soy production over degraded pastureland in the Cerrado using regenerative agriculture practices, including integration with livestock production. This initiative is backed by Itaú as a financial partner and The Nature Conservancy, which developed its socio-environmental criteria. The fund aims to demonstrate the economic feasibility of restoring degraded pastures instead of opening new areas for cultivation, thereby avoiding deforestation. You can learn about these companies and more on our nbs.capitalforclimate.com investment platform.

Only 5 days are left until the 2024 Brazil Climate Summit. Capital for Climate is looking forward to meeting attendees next week to discuss the most exciting developments in the Brazilian climate transition.

Our co-founder Tony Lent will be a key presenter at the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) event Stories From the Leading Edge of Climate and Nature: Nature’s Vital Role in Implementing Net-Zero Targets, on Thursday, 9/26 at 11:00 AM. Apply in the link below to attend this event, where our speakers will share insights from their decades of experience at the intersection of nature and climate action, and speak about some of the current opportunities and challenges in reducing nature-based emissions and increasing natural carbon sinks. 

In this week's newsletter: read about Capital for Climate's upcoming New York Climate Week Events, the USDA's $7.3 billion investment in rural electric cooperatives, Impact Ag Partners's $531 million acquisition Australian Food and Agriculture Company, Bank of America's $205 million investment in Harvestone Low Carbon Partners, and more!

Only one week to go before the 2024 Brazil Climate Summit. Capital for Climate is looking forward to meeting registered attendees and discussing the exciting recent developments in the Brazil's climate transition.

Capital for Climate is looking forward to providing our expertise on Nature-based Solutions Investment in Brazil as a contributing thought partner for Orbitas' special collaborative breakfast workshop at 8:00am on September 25th. Join us for a wide ranging discussion on the current nature-related risk and opportunities for investment in Brazil, and how business leaders can work to remove barriers for financing, de-risk projects, and collaborate ahead of a milestone COP30 in Brazil.