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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!

U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Holds Hearing on Amazon Forest Fires

This recent increase in slash-and-burn deforestation and forest fires—highlighted in national and international media—is largely the result of weakened environmental…
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Environment

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

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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

INFOGRAPHIC | Brazil's Energy Sector

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

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

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

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

WEBCAST | The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America

Film Screening, "The Anthropologist"

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

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

WEBCAST | Powering Brazil: The Outlook for Brazil's Energy and Mining Sectors

Event Transcript: Powering Brazil - The Outlook for Brazil's Energy and Mining Sectors, with Minister Bento Albuquerque

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Event Transcript: Powering Brazil - The Outlook for Brazil's Energy and Mining Sectors, with Minister Bento Albuquerque

By: Brazil Institute

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

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

INFOGRAPHIC | Access to Water and Sanitation in Brazil

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

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

BLOG | An Open Letter to 21st Century Leaders

Managing Our Planet Series

BLOG | How Brazilian Cities are Boosting Sustainable Agriculture

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

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

By: Brazil Institute

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

Feeding the World in a Sustainable Way

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

WEBCAST | The Future of the Sustainable Development Goals

WEBCAST | Developing Low Carbon Economies in Latin America

INFOGRAPHIC | Quilombola Communities of Brazil

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

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