Climate change governance in the Atlantic Basin: the cases of the United States, the European Union, and Brazil

Joana Castro Pereira

Climate change governance in the Atlantic Basin: the cases of the United States, the European Union, and Brazil

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This chapter provides an overview of climate politics and policies in the US, the EU, and Brazil from 1992 to the present day. It analyzes the historical low level of climate change mitigation commitment of the US and Brazil, and the drivers behind the EU’s long-standing activism in global climate governance, reflecting on the challenges that the three economies face in transitioning to low carbon development.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Evolving Human Security Challenges in the Atlantic Space
Editors	Nuno Severiano Teixeira, Daniel Marcos
Publisher	Brookings Institution Press
Chapter	10
Pages	207-235
Number of pages	18
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Climate change governance in the Atlantic Basin: the cases of the United States, the European Union, and Brazil

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