The BASIC meeting in Rio has made more progress than the official statement said
Sérgio Abranches
The BASIC meeting in Rio has had many new developments, but they were not mentioned in the official Joint Statement. More »
Christiana Figueres’ political challenge on her way to COP16
Sergio Abranches
The Major Economies Forum – MEF, held in Rome between June 30 and July 1, used the Copenhagen Accord as a central reference regarding global climate change policies. At UNFCCC’s Bonn discussions last April, however, the Copenhagen Accord continued to be a matter of controversy and disagreement among the parties. More »
The Coalition of the Willing
The ‘Coalition of the Willing’: how to galvanize and enlist the global publics in the fight against global warming. More »
Bonn: no “grand accord” possible
Sergio Abranches
The preparatory Climate Change meeting in Bonn has closed showing small progress. It should be clear by now that UNFCCC will never lead to a “grand accord”. More »
Political threats to the Brazilian rainforest
Sergio Abranches
How can a supposedly communist legislator champion the interests of traditional landowners, and seek amnesty to illegal logging, often associated with violent land-grabbing and force-labor? The Brazilian House is right now discussing a bill proposing changes in the Forestry Code Law that does exactly that. The proposal under discussion was drafted by communist deputy Aldo Rebelo, a former Speaker of the House during President Lula’s first term in office. More »
Brazil drops incentives to electric cars
Sergio Abranches
After a few days of internal squabbling president Lula decided to drop a proposal from the Ministers of Finance and Science & Technology to launch a program to incentivize domestic production of electric cars.