Brazil and Climate Change: Beyond the Amazon

ISBN-13: 9781138106253 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 214 str.

Eduardo J. Viola; Mataias Franchini

Opis

The authors, Eduardo Viola and Matías Franchini, expertly review and answer the most common and widely cited questions on whether and in which way Brazil is contributing to aggravate or mitigate the climate crisis.

Spis treści

Preface  1. Climate Change and International Relations: Empirical and Theoretical Assessment  1.1 Introduction  1.2 The Aggravation of the Climate Crisis: Temperature Rise, Extreme Weather Events, Renewable Revolution and, the Emerging of the Geoengineering Option  1.3 The Paris Accord and the Rise of Climate Powers  1.4 The Climate Commitment Approach (CCA)  1.5 The Drivers of Climate Commitment  1.6 Final Considerations  2. Brazil in the International System: Underachieving (Environmental) Power and the Leadership Myth  2.1 Introduction  2.2 Brazil in the Global Carbon Cycle and the Planetary Boundaries  2.3 Brazil in the International System: Economy, Democracy, and Foreign Policy  2.4 Final Considerations  3. The Beginning: Brazil, the Climate Villain  3.1 Introduction  3.2 Emission Profile 1: Giant Irrational Deforestation  3.3 Domestic Climate Policy Profile 1: The Lack of Actions  3.4 Foreign Climate Policy Profile 1: A World Divided by Income: The Brazilian Contribution to the Climate Convention? (1992-2005)  3.5 Final Considerations: Low Climate Commitment, Amazon Disorders, and Strong Conservative Forces  4. The Rising: Brazil, the Developing Climate Leader?  4.1 Introduction  4.2 Emission Profile 2: Deforestation Control and Drastic Declining  4.3 Domestic Climate Policy Profile 2: Rapid and Intense Change  4.4 Foreign Climate Policy Profile 2: The Transition to Moderation and Activism  4.5 The Forces Behind Brazilian Climate Activism  4.6 Final Considerations: Medium Climate Commitment, Overcoming the Amazon Disorders, and the Rise of Reformist Forces  5. The Decline: Brazil, the Climate Negligent  5.1 Introduction  5.2 Emission Profile 3: The Return of High Emissions  5.3 Domestic Climate Policy Profile 3: Stagnation and Retraction  5.4 Foreign Climate Policy Profile 3: The Conservative Set-Back  5.5 The Drivers of the Decline  5.6 The Temer’s Administration: New Economic Policy, Old Conservative Persistence  5.7 Final Considerations: Low Climate Commitment, Amazon Neglect, and the Rise of Conservative Forces  6. The Future: Brazil and the Bases for a True Environmental/Climate Leadership  6.1 Summarizing the Three Periods  6.2 The Future of Climate Commitment in Brazil: Dealing with the Amazon Neglect  6.3 The Drivers of Climate Commitment in the Coming Years   6.4 The Bases for a True Brazilian Climate Leadership: Democracy, Economy, and International Insertion