The research evaluates Brazilian alignment to the OECD normative on the environment and climate change. It has three parts. The first describes the trajectory of the accession criteria, indicating how environment and climate change have come to influence the like-mindedness criterion. Given...

The research evaluates Brazilian alignment to the OECD normative on the environment and climate change. It has three parts. The first describes the trajectory of the accession criteria, indicating how environment and climate change have come to influence the like-mindedness criterion. Given...

This paper discusses the regulatory aspects of recent Brazilian commitments at COP 15 of the Climate Convention. Initially describes the evolution of regulatory instruments of the Convention, including the National Appropriate Mitigation Actions. Next the Brazilian sectoral mitigation targets...

The interaction between the sea and the economy gives this environment enormous strategic importance. The forms of economic exploitation are diverse and include sectors such as energy, fishing, tourism, transportation, biotechnology, and shipbuilding. For Brazil, country with an extensive...

The interaction between the sea and the economy gives this environment enormous strategic importance. The forms of economic exploitation are diverse and include sectors such as energy, fishing, tourism, transportation, biotechnology, and shipbuilding. For Brazil, country with an extensive...

This paper presents a brief literature review concerning the costs and benefits of electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, highlighting their advantages in terms of greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Even though electric and electro-hybrid vehicles must still overcome many cultural and...

From the negotiations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, environmental issues become ever more applicants in the international agenda and in the various multilateral agendas, not just as questions of environmental protection, but mainly sustainable development,...

This paper presents a brief literature review concerning the costs and benefits of electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, highlighting their advantages in terms of greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Even though electric and electro-hybrid vehicles must still overcome many cultural and...