GEOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE IN THE REGULATION OF THE BRAZILIAN INDC - DOI 10.5216/bgg.v36i1.40373

Abstract

Climate change is a threat to human societies and natural ecosystems and it has become a security issue in the recent political discussions. However, awareness and public participation, and political interests vary greatly among the UNFCCC Parties. Faced with imminent risks the international community needs to rethink
geopolitical issues and environmental governance carefully. This article seeks to advance the debates on environmental governance and climate security by analyzing the process that led, in Brazil, to the creation of the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) in the context of an international agreement with legal force under the Climate Convention. Based on that,dissecting actions related to mitigation and adaptation strategies to climate change based on political and spatial questions; and exploring key-factors associated with public perceptions, awareness, ethics, justice, and risk. We conclude that the normative implications of the Brazilian environmental regulation related to the climate, the international relations and the geopolitics
interconnect as a starting point for understanding what is at stake, the Brazilian attempt to forge global leadership on environmental issues and to rethink traditional geopolitical assumptions.
Keywords: Climate Change, Sustainable Development, International Community, Global Environmental Governance.