Do Non-State Actors Influence Climate Change Policy? Evidence from the Brazilian Nationally Determined Contributions for COP21
Participation in democratic regimes has been a central issue in foreign policy (FP) studies. This article seeks to contribute to the empirical discussion about FP participation through the analysis of the public consultation process conducted by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with non-sta...
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| author | Elia Elisa Cia Alves Rodrigo Barros de Albuquerque Marcos Alan Ferreira Cláudio Alves Monteiro |
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| description | Participation in democratic regimes has been a central issue in foreign policy (FP) studies. This article seeks to contribute to the empirical discussion about FP participation through the analysis of the public consultation process conducted by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with non-state actors in the context of the preparations for the Paris Climate Agreement (2015). We employed automated text analysis using Python and R qualifying open responses submitted to the questionnaire launched at the first round of the consultations process and comparing them to the official document presented by Brazil establishing its own carbon emission targets. We found that the Brazilian academia members had a relevant influence on the content of the final document presented by Brazil, strengthening the literature on the importance of the epistemic community to environmental politics and raising new questions on the paths of foreign policy influence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ee3e81bcd32400b917028eee76f61542022-12-22T03:13:30ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Politics in Latin America1866-802X1868-48902022-04-011410.1177/1866802X211034187Do Non-State Actors Influence Climate Change Policy? Evidence from the Brazilian Nationally Determined Contributions for COP21Elia Elisa Cia Alves0Rodrigo Barros de Albuquerque1Marcos Alan Ferreira2Cláudio Alves Monteiro3 Department of International Relations (DRI), Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Joao Pessoa, Brazil Department of International Relations (DRI), Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), Brazil Department of International Relations (DRI), Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Joao Pessoa, Brazil Computer Center (CIn), Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, BrazilParticipation in democratic regimes has been a central issue in foreign policy (FP) studies. This article seeks to contribute to the empirical discussion about FP participation through the analysis of the public consultation process conducted by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with non-state actors in the context of the preparations for the Paris Climate Agreement (2015). We employed automated text analysis using Python and R qualifying open responses submitted to the questionnaire launched at the first round of the consultations process and comparing them to the official document presented by Brazil establishing its own carbon emission targets. We found that the Brazilian academia members had a relevant influence on the content of the final document presented by Brazil, strengthening the literature on the importance of the epistemic community to environmental politics and raising new questions on the paths of foreign policy influence.https://doi.org/10.1177/1866802X211034187 |
| spellingShingle | Elia Elisa Cia Alves Rodrigo Barros de Albuquerque Marcos Alan Ferreira Cláudio Alves Monteiro Do Non-State Actors Influence Climate Change Policy? Evidence from the Brazilian Nationally Determined Contributions for COP21 Journal of Politics in Latin America |
| title | Do Non-State Actors Influence Climate Change Policy? Evidence from the Brazilian Nationally Determined Contributions for COP21 |
| title_full | Do Non-State Actors Influence Climate Change Policy? Evidence from the Brazilian Nationally Determined Contributions for COP21 |
| title_fullStr | Do Non-State Actors Influence Climate Change Policy? Evidence from the Brazilian Nationally Determined Contributions for COP21 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do Non-State Actors Influence Climate Change Policy? Evidence from the Brazilian Nationally Determined Contributions for COP21 |
| title_short | Do Non-State Actors Influence Climate Change Policy? Evidence from the Brazilian Nationally Determined Contributions for COP21 |
| title_sort | do non state actors influence climate change policy evidence from the brazilian nationally determined contributions for cop21 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/1866802X211034187 |
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