What is it about?
It is the objective of the article to analyse Brazilian energy-climate policy and politics from 1990 to 2014 in order to clarify Brazilian progress towards low carbon development and Brazilian positions in the international climate change regime.
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Climate change has proved to be one of the greatest threats to human survival on Earth. Its mitigation requires that the greatest Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emitters adopt low carbon development, reducing emissions substantially. Brazil is among them. Although deforestation is still the main source of Brazilian emissions, since 1990 emissions from energy systems and industrial processes have increased and their shares in total Brazilian emissions have been consistently larger.
Perspectives
Brazilian energy-climate policy and politics will likely face important obstacles for development from 2015 onwards. On the one hand, foreign and national economic agents are almost as concerned about Brazil’s current economic situation as they were before 2003. It is clear that without consistent tax, pension, labour, fiscal and political system reforms, no new system of governance will emerge and it will be difficult for Brazil’s economy to reach its potential.
Professor Eduardo Viola
University of Brasilia
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This page is a summary of: Brazilian Energy-Climate Policy and Politics towards Low Carbon Development, Global Society, April 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13600826.2015.1028904.
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