Sustainable Development and Climate Change

The Brazil Institute strongly believes that development and environmentalism can and must go together, and that one of Brazil’s great strengths—currently underused—is its capacity to lead the way on clean and sustainable practices in agriculture, energy, and other sectors. Check out our events, publications and other content covering this theme below!

BLOG | (Agri)business as Usual: Curbing Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest

Under internal and global scrutiny, the Bolsonaro administration in Brazil is facing strong pressure to reconsider its controversial environmental agenda. Although…

Environment

Workshop Report: The Scientific, Social, and Economic Dimensions of Development in the Amazon

Workshop Report: The Scientific, Social, and Economic Dimensions of Development in the Amazon

By: Brazil Institute

Energy

WEBCAST | Biofuels and the Green Energy Push: Brazil-U.S. Cooperation in Implementing Carbon Emissions Reduction Policies

Event Summary: Feeding the World in a Sustainable Way: Brazil’s Agricultural Challenges

By: Brazil Institute

INFOGRAPHIC | Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest

INFOGRAPHIC | Indigenous and Quilombola Land Demarcation in Brazil

BLOG | Traditional Populations, Land Rights, and Environmental Justice: The Challenges of the Amazon

International Development

WEBCAST | The Future of the Sustainable Development Goals

Environment

WEBCAST | Developing Low Carbon Economies in Latin America

INFOGRAPHIC | Quilombola Communities of Brazil

BOOk | Paths of Inequality in Brazil: A Half-Century of Change

INFOGRAPHIC | Brazil's Energy Sector

Event Summary: Biofuels and the Green Energy Push: Brazil-U.S. Cooperation in Implementing Carbon Emissions Reduction Policies

By: Brazil Institute

BLOG | Amazon Tipping Point

Environment

WEBCAST | The Scientific, Social, and Economic Dimensions of Development in the Amazon

Environment

WEBCAST | The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America

Environment

Film Screening, "The Anthropologist"

Food and Agriculture

WEBCAST | The Agricultural Sector in the Era of Bioeconomy

BLOG | Award-Winning Film Explores Deforestation and Cattle Industry in the Brazilian Amazon

BLOG | What’s at Stake in Brazil’s Election? The Future of the Amazon

PUBLICATION | A Snapshot of the Status of Women in Brazil: 2019

PUBLICATION | A Snapshot of the Status of Women in Brazil: 2019

By: Anna (Anya) Prusa, Lara Bartilotti Picanço, Sarah B. Barnes, Malu Gatto, Alison Brysk, Tainá Machado de Almeida Castro, Livia Peres Milani, Fernanda De Negri, Claudielle Pavão da Silva, Mércia Consolação Silva, Tiffany D. Barnes, and Carolyn Trabuco

Managing Our Planet Series

Energy

Food and Agriculture

WEBCAST | Feeding the World in a Sustainable Way: Brazil's Agricultural Challenge

BLOG | Challenges Linger Three Years after Fatal Dam Collapse in Mariana

Agência Brasil Fotografias (CC BY 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Environment

EVENT | Dimensões Científicas, Sociais e Econômicas do Desenvolvimento da Amazônia

INFOGRAPHIC | Access to Water and Sanitation in Brazil

Food and Agriculture

WEBCAST | Feeding the World in a Sustainable Way: Brazil's Agricultural Challenge

Environment

WEBCAST | Environmental Sustainability: Does It Make Dollars and Sense?

Environment