President of the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), Aloisio MercadanteL. said value It is likely that the bank will be called for assistance Reconstruction of the city of Río Bonito do Iguaçu, in the interior of ParanáOr to help affected companies recover. He also said that the bank is preparing to build a permanent policy to respond to natural disasters.
“The BNDES is certainly being called upon in all relevant situations,” Mercadante said regarding possible assistance to Rio Bonito do Iguaçu. The city of Parana was destroyed by A tornado Last Friday (7), in another case Extreme weather event In Brazil.
He explained, however, that the bank’s operations depend on legal authorization from the federal government, which may be through an interim measure or other instrument.
Among the agendas it meets within the scope of the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference are: Conference of the Parties 30The BNDES President defended that the institution has a policy with criteria and criteria for acting in cases of such extreme events.
“We specialize in building a permanent policy, with standards, to be able to respond (to extreme weather events), because this is not a random thing. It will be more frequent and more intense. Brazil must prepare itself,” he defended.
He added: “It is a new agenda in which we need to be prepared to respond more quickly and discreetly.”
He said the main challenge for extreme weather events is measuring costs. “When there is an incident like this, you have to estimate the cost and how to distribute responsibilities. Now, it cannot be an improvisation,” he defended, highlighting the importance of having a methodology for this work.
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