Internalizando la flexibilidad en la regulación del cambio climático: un análisis del caso brasileño

Christopher Kurt Kiessling

doi:10.24215/23142766e121

Authors

Christopher Kurt Kiessling CONICET-Universidad Católica de Córdoba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/23142766e121

Keywords:

Brazil, climate change, localization, Kyoto protocol, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

Abstract

Since the institutionalization of sustainable development within the context of global environmental governance, market-based environmental policy instruments began to gain legitimacy and to be perceived as the most efficient mechanisms to achieve compatibility between the promotion of economic growth and environmental protection. In relation to climate governance, this consensus was consolidated with the signing of the Kyoto Protocol and the flexibility mechanisms designed to facilitate compliance with the goals set forth in the agreement. This article describes the localization process of the flexibility mechanisms in the Brazilian public discourse on climate change from 2005 to 2015 from an International Relations constructivist perspective. The work presents three relevant contributions on the literature on the internalization of international environmental and climate norms, to wit: the process of localization of the flexibilization mechanisms in Brazil has not been linear; the context of discursive hegemony of liberal environmentalism was a critical factor in the internalization of flexibilization mechanisms; and civil society actors, as well as other sub-national and non-state actors, have great relevance in the internalization and implementation of these norms.

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Author Biography

Christopher Kurt Kiessling, CONICET-Universidad Católica de Córdoba

Doctor en Ciencias Sociales, FLACSO Argentina. Especialista en Derecho y Economía del Cambio Climático, FLACSO Argentina. Docente e investigador de la Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Becario postdoctoral del CONICET, cofinanciado por la Universidad Católica de Córdoba.

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