Recovery of pastures as a nature-based solution for climate change: legal, political, and governance challenges

• Grant number: 24/10451-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: August 01, 2024
• End date: July 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Agreement: BG E&P Brasil (Shell Group)
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri
• Grantee: Danielle Mendes Thame Denny
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Company: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP)
• Associated research grant: 20/15230-5 - Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation - RCG2I, AP.PCPE

Abstract

The post-doctoral student's work will be divided into three concurrent phases: 1. preparation of specific bibliographical research on the legal, political, and regulatory aspects in the development of studies on livestock farming as a nature-based solution to climate change 2. Qualitative research with experts from within the RCGI advocacy network to build an outlook of fearful, probable, and desirable scenarios in regulatory terms. 3. Research for collaboration with the writing of the United Nations Global Environmental Outlook