What is it about?
This issue of RBPI is focused on the international political economy of climate change. All the articles consider climate change as one of the most relevant and urgent questions faced by humanity and the international system. Also, they agree about the strong dissonances between the recognition of the severity of the problem by all countries and the low effectiveness and slow pace of the international collective action to cope with it, so far.
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Why is it important?
Brazil may be considered one of the most important players in defining the great environmental agenda that involves national governments, academia, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). This fundamental attribute is better yet noticed within the great public international debate that develops around issues related to climate change. At a time in which the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) was held in Rio de Janeiro, called Rio+20, which took place in June 13–22, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro city, we believe there would be no better pretext to organize a special edition of the Brazilian Journal of International Politics – Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI) – about this grand agenda.
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This special edition is the result of a major international call, launched in October 2011. We were really pleased with the wide reception and repercussion that our initiative had, and we hope this historical edition of RBPI really contributes to the high-level reflection on the theme of climate change economics.
Professor Eduardo Viola
University of Brasilia
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This page is a summary of: Global climate governance and transition to a low-carbon economy: a special issue of RBPI[subtitle], Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, January 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO),
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-73292012000300001.
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