The widespread availability of clean energy , especially from wind power and ethanol , kept Brazil 's greenhouse gas emissions for 2020 at 1.939 billion mt , a 0.3 % YoY increase , according to a study by SEEG . It revealed also that Brazil 's energy sector emissions rose 40 % to 407 million mt . Emissions from deforestation , however , rose 3.6 % to 845 million mt , with analysts expecting another increase for 2019 . SEEG greenhouse Brazil 's emissions would have been two - thirds lower had it stopped deforestation .
The widespread use of clean energy, especially from wind power and ethanol, kept Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions for 2018 at 1.939 billion mt, a 0.3% YoY increase, according to a study by SEEG. It revealed also that Brazil's energy sector emissions fell 5% to 407 million mt. Emissions from deforestation, however, rose 3.6% to 845 million mt, with analysts expecting another increase for 2019. SEEG said Brazil's emissions would have been two-thirds lower had it stopped deforestation.