According to previous studies, Brazil’s rapid growth in recent years was environmentally costly. Amidst many challenges, CO2 emissions intensity (i.e., CO2 per unit of GDP) levels are rising, and the country seems to face technological stagnation. One path towards sustainable development...

Most previous works regarding the relationship between gender and the environment have focused on women's vulnerability (the patient approach). The few quantitative research papers adopting an agency approach have studied the effect of women’s political participation on female aggregate...