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Accepted Paper:

Brazil and the international politics of climate change: leading by example?  
Marieke Riethof (University of Liverpool)

Paper short abstract:

An analysis of Brazil's participation in international climate negotiations.

Paper long abstract:

With Brazil emerging as an economic and political power with global leadership ambitions, its commitment to environmental protection has also come under increasing domestic and international scrutiny. While the Brazilian government tends to stress national autonomy and sovereignty over natural resources, it has more recently committed itself to a unilateral and voluntary reduction of carbon emissions and has shifted its policies away to some extent from the traditional emphasis on developing countries' differentiated responsibilities. However, significant discrepancies remain between Brazil's domestic and foreign environmental policy priorities, which can be explained by conflicting commitments to economic and green development strategies, as well as its foreign policy agenda. Civil society has also drawn attention to these very discrepancies and are playing an increasingly significant role in policy-making in Brazil through their use of protest and lobbying strategies. This paper examines Brazil's participation in international negotiations on issues such as climate change and sustainable development in the light of these discrepancies, including the impact of domestic environmental controversies such as the expansion of hydro-electric power generation and rainforest protection, which have provoked vocal international and domestic opposition.

Panel P16
Climate change and policy change in Latin America
  Session 1