GIGA Focus Lateinamerika n° 6 | 12/2021 : “Brazil must be back!” – But Real Climate Action Is Possible Only after Bolsonaro
by Anna Fünfgeld, Doctoral Researcher :
Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency has been characterised by a sharp increase in deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions, support for agribusiness, and the repression of indigenous peoples and environmental activists. At the Glasgow COP26 climate conference this November, however, Brazil presented itself as more willing to compromise. Yet, the reasons for new pledges do not indicate a changed mindset, but rather an increasing commodification of climate protection that serves economic interests. […]