Tracing climate commitment in Brazil and South Africa, 2000-2020 | Compromisso climático no Brasil e na África do Sul, 2000-2020

Autores

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/rmi.2024.84150

Palavras-chave:

Mudança Climática, Coalizões, Economia Política

Resumo

Em democracias, políticas públicas são o resultado de um processo em que diferentes grupos interagem para fazer valer seus interesses e ideias. Este processo não acontece em abstrato; está inserido em estruturas sociais que influenciam a posição de cada grupo assim como o modo por meio do qual interagem no jogo político. Isso não é diferente em política climática: a probabilidade e efetividade da ação climática depende de coalizões a favor da mitigação da mudança do clima e de sua força para conter coalizões contra a mitigação. Neste trabalho, por meio do emprego de descrição densa, process tracing e das lentes da economia política, analisamos o compromisso do Brasil e da África do Sul, duas democracias dos BRICS, com a mitigação climática entre 2000 e 2020.

Biografia do Autor

Larissa Basso, Universidade de Estocolmo

Pesquisadora no Instituto de Estudos Avançados, Universidade de São Paulo. Doutora em Relações Internacionais (Universidade de Brasília, 2018), mestre em Política Ambiental (MPhil in Environmental Policy, University of Cambridge, 2010) e em Direito Internacional (Universidade de São Paulo, 2008) e bacharel em Direito (Universidade de São Paulo, 2003). 

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Basso, L. (2024). Tracing climate commitment in Brazil and South Africa, 2000-2020 | Compromisso climático no Brasil e na África do Sul, 2000-2020. Mural Internacional, 15, e84150. https://doi.org/10.12957/rmi.2024.84150

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