Brazil and the Durban Platform: ambitions and expectations

Abstract: Brazil, together with other emerging powers, has repeatedly made headlines over the last few years as a serious player in international climate change negotiations. In December 2015 states will convene at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris to agree on a new international climate treaty. What can we expect from Brazil at the upcoming climate summit? What can we expect from the negotiations on a new climate treaty in the context of the Durban Platform? This issue of the GIGA Focus discusses Brazil's potential role at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, analysing if Brazil's expected contributions can keep up with its ambitious rhetoric. Brazil's presently low emissions trajectory is a result of reduced deforestation rates. With greenhouse gas emissions from all other sources increasing, an ambitious contribution to global post-2020 mitigation requires more stringent action. However, it is unlikely that Brazil will take ambitious measures in areas other than forestry. Wh

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource, 8 S.
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Veröffentlichungsversion
nicht begutachtet

Erschienen in
GIGA Focus International Edition ; Bd. 8

Klassifikation
Natürliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umwelt

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Hamburg
(wann)
2015
Urheber
Fraundorfer, Markus
Rabitz, Florian
Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
Fraundorfer, Markus
Rabitz, Florian
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-449096
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte

  • Fraundorfer, Markus
  • Rabitz, Florian
  • GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Entstanden

  • 2015

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