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What Lula’s fourth term means for deforestation in Brazil

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This week: Mauricio Voivodic, executive director of WWF Brazil, talks with Innovation Forum’s Tanya Richard, COO and head of stakeholder engagement, immediately after Lula da Silva’s re-election. They discuss what a fourth term means for deforestation and the zero deforestation target, the outlook for soy and beef supply chains, and the concerns raised by the new Congress.

Plus: Heske Verberg, managing director of Solidaridad Europe, on turning scope 3 commitments into action, and Hanna Halmari on Innovation Forum’s 2027 events

And, emissions must fall 6% a year to reverse overshoot; Shein outscores Australian retailers in ethics report; and, $10 million for renewable agriculture startups, in the news digest with Babette Pagès.

Host: Ian Welsh

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