Hochstetler, Kathryn ORCID: 0000-0003-2960-058X (2021) Climate institutions in Brazil: three decades of building and dismantling climate capacity. Environmental Politics, 30 (sup1). 49 - 70. ISSN 0964-4016
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Abstract
What kinds of national climate institutions can solve the governance challenges that the Paris Agreement devolves to them? This article identifies three stages of climate institutions in Brazil, a major emitter of greenhouse gases through deforestation that managed to reduce such emissions for nearly a decade. It shows that a narrow definition of climate institutions that seeks purpose-built state institutions fails to capture important dynamics there, and that such institutions have little direct impact on outcomes. In Brazil’s political landscape, national presidents exercise a decisive influence on their climate ambitions and capacities. However, positive and negative feedback loops also brought some effective climate action from the layering of climate purposes into existing institutions, as well as through non-traditional institutions like private governance arrangements for agriculture.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL: | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fenp20/current |
Additional Information: | © 2021 The Author |
Divisions: | International Development |
Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
Date Deposited: | 22 Jul 2021 11:36 |
Last Modified: | 05 Oct 2024 00:54 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/111417 |
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