The political economy of Brazilian decarbonization 2003-2023

• Grant number: 23/09230-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: October 01, 2023
• End date: September 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - Public Policies
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Jose Viola
• Grantee: Larissa de Santis Basso
• Host Institution: Instituto de Estudos Avançados (IEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 19/16970-5 - Brazil as a variety of emerging-market democracy: between the agenda of democracy and the agenda of globalization, AP.TEM

Abstract

The research project focuses the political process that promotes (or not) the decarbonization - transformation towards low carbon patterns - of the Brazilian economy. Given the urgency of climate action, and employing the Historical Institutionalism theoretical framework, the research will delineate how political coalitions in land use change and forestry, energy and agriculture sectors acted in the debate on Brazilian decarbonization between 2003 and 2013. The period is chosen due to important transformations in the globalization and democracy agendas worldwide. (AU)