2025 will see Brazil host two critically important global meetings: the BRICS+ summit on 6-7 July, and COP30 in November. In this Canning Paper Canning House analyses how Brazil can take advantage of these events to improve its standing on the global stage and become a leader in the fight against climate change.
2025 - Brazil’s big opportunity?
Hosting both a BRICS+ summit and COP30 in 2025 gives Brazil an opportunity to increase its geopolitical standing, its environmental credentials, and economic prosperity.
This paper analyses both summits, and how Brazil is likely to approach them. There remain a number of challenges facing Brazil on both the diplomatic and environmental sides, read the paper to discover more.
Sections include...
- Big country, active diplomacy
- The emergence of BRICS
- The de-dollarisation story
- The BRICS deal for Brazil
- Road to COP30
- Environmental double standards?
- Working on the climate agenda
- Scenarios for Brazilian leadership
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