Article – Climate obstruction in Brazil under the Bolsonaro administration: building empirical and conceptual blocks

Authors: Carlos R. S. Milani, Janaína B. Pinto and Arthur Vargas Facini
Published in: Climate and Development, 1–14

This paper presents a preliminary cartography of Brazilian organizations and leadership supporting climate change denial, delay, and obstruction politics. To do so, it presents a context-led typology of climate obstruction actors based on (i) a series of twenty in-depth interviews with pro-climate leaders, scholars and civil society actors; and (ii) a critical review of secondary data on climate denial and obstruction in Brazil, including existing research, legislative changes, congressional voting trends, and content published by traditional and social media sources.