Brazil and climate change : beyond the Amazon / Eduardo Viola and Matías Franchini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Viola, Eduardo J., author.

Franchini, Matías, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Brazil.

Climatic changes.

Climatology.

Environmental conditions.

Brazil--Environmental conditions.

Brazil.

Climatic changes--International cooperation.

Climatic changes--Political aspects.

Rain forest ecology--Amazon River Region.

Rain forest ecology.

Amazon River Region.

Amazon River Region--Climate.

Ecology.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

Climate change is increasingly becoming a vital part of the human experience. As the problem worsens, the cooperative dilemma that it carries is becoming evident: climate change is a complex problem that systematically gets insufficient answers from the international system. This book offers an assessment of Brazil's role in the global political economy of climate change. The authors, Eduardo Viola and Matías Franchini, expertly review and answer some of the most common and widely cited questions on whether and in which way Brazil is aggravating or mitigating the climate crisis: Is Brazil the benign, cooperative, environmental power that its government claims it is? Why was it possible for it to dramatically reduce deforestation in the Amazon from 2005 to 2010? And more recently, was there a partial reversion in its Amazon policy? The book serves as an accessible-and much-needed-introduction to the climate change social dilemma for all those studying the challenges of the international system in the Anthropocene. In fact, this book provides an engaging analysis and up-to-date assessment of the climate reality in Brazil and a framework with which to evaluate the climate performance of major economies with regard to both emissions trajectory and policy profile. This framework is referred to as the "climate commitment approach" or CCA. Brazil and Climate Change is essential reading for all students of environmental studies. Latin American studies, international relations, and comparative politics. Book jacket.

Contents:

Climate change and international relations : an empirical and theoretical assessment

Brazil in the international system : underachieving (environmental) power and the leadership myth

The beginning : Brazil, the climate villain

The rising : Brazil, the developing climate leader?

The decline : Brazil, the climate-negligent

The future : Brazil and the bases for true climate leadership.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Viola, Eduardo J., author. Brazil and climate change

ISBN:

9781138106246

1138106240

9781138106253

1138106259

OCLC:

1003273144

Publisher Number:

99974089985