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Replication Data for: Climate Change, Denialism, and Participatory Institutions in Brazil: Effects of the Bolsonaro Government's Environmental Strategy (2019-2022)

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Title Replication Data for: Climate Change, Denialism, and Participatory Institutions in Brazil: Effects of the Bolsonaro Government's Environmental Strategy (2019-2022)
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DJOQK9
 
Creator Stein, Guilherme de Queiroz
Gugliano, Alfredo Alejandro
Seifert Jr., Carlos Alberto
Luiz, Aidee Maria Moser Torquato
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Understanding the impact of political and institutional factors on the fight against climate change has become increasingly important in the global debate on sustainability. From a political science perspective, it is crucial to research how different democratic institutions affect the development of climate policies. To contribute to this agenda, we discuss the role of participatory institutions in this policy sector. We offer a global literature review of cases where participatory mechanisms have helped improve the tools used to combat global warming. Next, we discuss the concept of climate denialism and examine the environmental policy of the Jair Bolsonaro administration in Brazil (2019-2022) and the dismantling of participatory bodies. This neoconservative government is an example of how limiting civil society's ability to oversee and regulate government policies helps to promote a climate denialist agenda. Finally, we conclude that enhancing participatory democracy is essential to improving climate change policies. However, this relationship also operates in reverse. Disrupting participatory mechanisms can be highly damaging to good environmental governance, paving the way for denialist projects.
 
Subject Social Sciences
Democracy
participation
climate change
denialism
Brazil
 
Date 2024-01-10
 
Contributor Martins, Debora