Open AccessFrom the Citizen’s Constitution to REDD+
Author(s) -
Rafael Jacques Rodrigues,
Thiago de Araújo Mendes
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista brasileira de políticas públicas e internacionais
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2525-5584
DOI - 10.22478/ufpb.2525-5584.2019v4n2.47942
Subject(s) - deforestation (computer science) , united nations framework convention on climate change , reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation , negotiation , climate change , convention , business , constitution , natural resource economics , forest degradation , payment , environmental protection , political science , environmental resource management , geography , kyoto protocol , economics , finance , carbon stock , law , ecology , agriculture , archaeology , land degradation , computer science , biology , programming language
This article identifies forest and climate change public policy instruments in Brazil. The country created a complex network of forest protection, deforestation control policies and Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) instruments, culminating with institutional arrangements for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). Brazil’s positions at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations relied on a diverse pattern of leadership, blockage, and flexibility. Under the Warsaw REDD+ Framework, Brazil reduced 8,2 billion tons of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e) and received almost 1,4 billion American dollars as results-based payments, by the end of 2018.