Despite a lack of federal coordination for a nationwide environmental strategy, there are multiple actors in Brazil’s public and private sectors pushing for a more hands-on agenda in 2022 and beyond. Voter behavior in this year’s general elections will largely be dictated by the economy, despite a lack of consistent nationwide projects under discussion — however, green-oriented proposals are gaining momentum in Brazilian politics.
Among the boldest of these initiatives is the so-called Brazilian Green New Deal, or GND-BR, authored by center-left Congressman Alessandro Molon in partnership with a group of economists from the Federal University of Rio de...
