Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Brazil)

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Portuguese: Ministério do Meio Ambiente e Mudança do Clima, abbreviated MMA) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. The ministry emerged from the Special Secretariat for the Environment within the now-extinct Ministry of the Interior from 1974 to 1985. It has gone through several name changes since its inception.

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
Portuguese: Ministério do Meio Ambiente e Mudança do Clima
Agency overview
Formed14 January 1974 (1974-01-14)
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionFederal government of Brazil
HeadquartersEsplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco B
Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget$3.63 b BRL (2023)
Agency executives
  • Marina Silva, Minister
  • João Paulo Capobianco, Executive-Secretary
  • Rita Guimarães Mesquita, Secretary of Biodiversity, Forests and Animal Rights
  • Adalberto Maluf Filho, Secretary of Urban Environment and Enviromental Quality
  • Ana Toni, Secretary of Climate Change
  • Carina Mendonça, Secretary of Bioeconomy
  • Edel Santiago, Secretary of Traditional People and Communities and Sustainable Rural Development
Websitewww.gov.br/mma/
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