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The Mission
In the spirit of the Dois Candangos Monument in
Brasilia, BrazilWorks is dedicated to celebrating the
achievements of ordinary men and women in Brazil and
the United States who have overcome the legacy of
slavery and colonialism by working toward the promise
of democracy, equality, and ecologically sustainable
development through cooperation between these two
important nations-states of the Americas.
BrazilWorks is a virtual center, or what Brazilians
might call an “observatório," of United States-Brazil
relations. The mission is to provide the general public,
civil society leaders, journalists, scholars, and policy
makers a central, accessible nexus for exploring and
explaining the increasing number of intersecting issues
and people who together weave the bilateral relations
between the two largest nation-states of the Americas.
BrazilWorks is non-partisan and independent, but
dedicated to providing accessible information and
diverse analyses and perspectives to anyone interested
in U.S.-Brazil relations and Brazilian development.
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The Mission
In the spirit of the Dois Candangos Monument in
Brasilia, BrazilWorks is dedicated to celebrating the
achievements of ordinary men and women in Brazil and
the United States who have overcome the legacy of
slavery and colonialism by working toward the promise
of democracy, equality, and ecologically sustainable
development through cooperation between these two
important nations-states of the Americas.
BrazilWorks is a virtual center, or what Brazilians
might call an “observatório," of United States-Brazil
relations. The mission is to provide the general public,
civil society leaders, journalists, scholars, and policy
makers a central, accessible nexus for exploring and
explaining the increasing number of intersecting issues
and people who together weave the bilateral relations
between the two largest nation-states of the Americas.
BrazilWorks is non-partisan and independent, but
dedicated to providing accessible information and
diverse analyses and perspectives to anyone interested
in U.S.-Brazil relations and Brazilian development.
For more information about BrazilWorks send your
comments or questions to brazilworks@gmail.com
Problems with the website?
Contact the Webmaster.
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Brazilians Take On Global Warming and Steal the Show
by Mark Langevin
Brazzil Magazine
August 9,. 2009
Brazilians take global warming seriously, much more than the rest of the world.
The recently published 2009 Pew Global Attitudes Project survey of twenty five
prominent nation-states, including the United States, China, India, France, Kenya,
and Poland among many others, now confirms that Brazil is now the world leader
in concern over global warming.
The Pew survey reveals Brazil's highest affirmative response rate to the question:
Is global warming a serious problem? 90 percent of Brazilians think so, by far the
highest proportion of any country in the study. Argentina ranks second with 69
percent, the U.S. response is well behind at 44%, and China is last in this survey
with only 30 percent of the respondents troubled by greenhouse gas emissions.
Since the election of President Lula in 2002, Brazilians have become increasingly
aware of national and global environmental problems, from the impact of land use
practices in the Cerrado to deforestation in the Amazon. Read more.
by Mark Langevin
Brazzil Magazine
August 9,. 2009
Brazilians take global warming seriously, much more than the rest of the world.
The recently published 2009 Pew Global Attitudes Project survey of twenty five
prominent nation-states, including the United States, China, India, France, Kenya,
and Poland among many others, now confirms that Brazil is now the world leader
in concern over global warming.
The Pew survey reveals Brazil's highest affirmative response rate to the question:
Is global warming a serious problem? 90 percent of Brazilians think so, by far the
highest proportion of any country in the study. Argentina ranks second with 69
percent, the U.S. response is well behind at 44%, and China is last in this survey
with only 30 percent of the respondents troubled by greenhouse gas emissions.
Since the election of President Lula in 2002, Brazilians have become increasingly
aware of national and global environmental problems, from the impact of land use
practices in the Cerrado to deforestation in the Amazon. Read more.
Brazil's Countdown to Copenhagen
Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D.
Brazzil Magazine
Dec. 6, 2009
Brazil has followed a long and winding road to reach the Fifteenth
Conference of the Parties to the United National Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP15, in Copenhagen this month. This
journey began in 1972 at the first United Nations conference on the Human
Environment held in Stockholm where the Brazilian diplomat responsible for
defending the country's positions, Miguel Ozório de Almeida, cautioned that
"environmental protectionism" should not stand in the way of economic
development among the less developed countries.
Over three decades later Brazil arrives at Copenhagen well prepared to
make the case that the most developed nations take stronger measures to
mitigate greenhouse gases while providing the financing and technical
assistance necessary for low carbon, sustainable development throughout
the world. While Brazil largely played defense at Stockholm, expect the Lula
administration to score a few goals at Copenhagen.
Since Stockholm, Brazil has increasingly asserted its leadership in
international environmental forums while also rapidly increasing its own
greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from deforestation. In 1992 the
Brazilian government hosted the United Nations Conference on the
Environment and Development, also known as the Earth Summit
(http://www.un.org/geninfo/bp/enviro.html), in Rio de Janeiro.
The Earth Summit was the largest UN conference and meeting of heads of
government to date, a crown jewel of Brazilian diplomacy that committed the
nation to lead on efforts to reconcile environmental protection with
economic development.
At the Earth Summit, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
was signed by 192 countries, setting the stage to negotiate how the world
would address global warming and climate change.
Five years later Brazil played a pivotal role in negotiations over the structure
of emission reduction commitments and financing for sustainable
development activities that framed the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC.
The U.S. government insisted on the use of market mechanisms to "induce"
the private sector to adopt and diffuse low carbon and renewable energy
technologies.
The Brazilians favored a global public fund to finance the transfer of such
technologies to the developing world. Together they negotiated a deal
making compromise that established the Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM) to allow developed countries to offset their emission reduction
obligations through investments in CDM projects in the developing world,
including Brazil, China, India, and Mexico. Read more.
Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D.
Brazzil Magazine
Dec. 6, 2009
Brazil has followed a long and winding road to reach the Fifteenth
Conference of the Parties to the United National Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP15, in Copenhagen this month. This
journey began in 1972 at the first United Nations conference on the Human
Environment held in Stockholm where the Brazilian diplomat responsible for
defending the country's positions, Miguel Ozório de Almeida, cautioned that
"environmental protectionism" should not stand in the way of economic
development among the less developed countries.
Over three decades later Brazil arrives at Copenhagen well prepared to
make the case that the most developed nations take stronger measures to
mitigate greenhouse gases while providing the financing and technical
assistance necessary for low carbon, sustainable development throughout
the world. While Brazil largely played defense at Stockholm, expect the Lula
administration to score a few goals at Copenhagen.
Since Stockholm, Brazil has increasingly asserted its leadership in
international environmental forums while also rapidly increasing its own
greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from deforestation. In 1992 the
Brazilian government hosted the United Nations Conference on the
Environment and Development, also known as the Earth Summit
(http://www.un.org/geninfo/bp/enviro.html), in Rio de Janeiro.
The Earth Summit was the largest UN conference and meeting of heads of
government to date, a crown jewel of Brazilian diplomacy that committed the
nation to lead on efforts to reconcile environmental protection with
economic development.
At the Earth Summit, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
was signed by 192 countries, setting the stage to negotiate how the world
would address global warming and climate change.
Five years later Brazil played a pivotal role in negotiations over the structure
of emission reduction commitments and financing for sustainable
development activities that framed the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC.
The U.S. government insisted on the use of market mechanisms to "induce"
the private sector to adopt and diffuse low carbon and renewable energy
technologies.
The Brazilians favored a global public fund to finance the transfer of such
technologies to the developing world. Together they negotiated a deal
making compromise that established the Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM) to allow developed countries to offset their emission reduction
obligations through investments in CDM projects in the developing world,
including Brazil, China, India, and Mexico. Read more.
Energy and Climate Change in Brazil
Published by the Council of the Americas
This working paper explores energy and climate issues
in Brazil and elaborates on recommendations that
resulted from AS/COA Energy Action Group meetings
with leading public and private sector representatives in
São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro on June 9 and 10, 2009.
Energy and Climate Change in Brazil begins with an
overview of Brazil’s energy matrix, including the major
oil and gas discoveries and the growing ethanol
industry. It also looks at ethanol use in the United
States and the collaboration between Brazil and the
United States on biofuels research and development,
including assistance to third countries. Moving to
climate change, the paper then discusses Brazil’s climate
profile, with a specific focus on deforestation. A review
of Brazil’s engagement in global climate change
negotiations points to a shift in Brazil’s position.
Read more.
Published by the Council of the Americas
This working paper explores energy and climate issues
in Brazil and elaborates on recommendations that
resulted from AS/COA Energy Action Group meetings
with leading public and private sector representatives in
São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro on June 9 and 10, 2009.
Energy and Climate Change in Brazil begins with an
overview of Brazil’s energy matrix, including the major
oil and gas discoveries and the growing ethanol
industry. It also looks at ethanol use in the United
States and the collaboration between Brazil and the
United States on biofuels research and development,
including assistance to third countries. Moving to
climate change, the paper then discusses Brazil’s climate
profile, with a specific focus on deforestation. A review
of Brazil’s engagement in global climate change
negotiations points to a shift in Brazil’s position.
Read more.
Thinking Copenhagen:
the cognitive dimension of
climate change policy making in
Brazil and the United States
Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D.
Universitas: Relações Internacionais
Brasília, v. 7, n. 1, p. 9-37, jan./jun. 2009
Brazil and the United States are poised to play key roles
at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change or
COP15 in Copenhagen and the negotiations over a post-
Kyoto Protocol regime to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions. The COP15 promises to focus the world’s
attention upon the global challenge to move toward a low
carbon energy economy. Next to U.S. -China energy and
climate change policy cooperation (LIEBERTHAL;
SANDALOW, 2009; PEW RESEARCH CENTER, 2009a)
there may be no more important a bilateral relation in
determining the outcome of the COP15 negotiations
and the future of international climate change cooperation
than that of Brazil and the United States. Read more.
the cognitive dimension of
climate change policy making in
Brazil and the United States
Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D.
Universitas: Relações Internacionais
Brasília, v. 7, n. 1, p. 9-37, jan./jun. 2009
Brazil and the United States are poised to play key roles
at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change or
COP15 in Copenhagen and the negotiations over a post-
Kyoto Protocol regime to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions. The COP15 promises to focus the world’s
attention upon the global challenge to move toward a low
carbon energy economy. Next to U.S. -China energy and
climate change policy cooperation (LIEBERTHAL;
SANDALOW, 2009; PEW RESEARCH CENTER, 2009a)
there may be no more important a bilateral relation in
determining the outcome of the COP15 negotiations
and the future of international climate change cooperation
than that of Brazil and the United States. Read more.
