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Mercosur and Environment: progress in promoting the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: This article aims to reveal how the UN’s 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially the environmental ones, are being incorporated into Mercosur. Firstly, the paper presents a brief evolution of the environmental agenda in the history of Mercosur. Then, to subsidise the analysis, using quantitative data, we discussed the gradual incorporation of the SDGs in the different Mercosur bodies. In order to understand the evolution of the environmental SDGs, the research required the collection and analysis of qualitative data within the framework of the Environment Working Subgroup (SGT-6), which revealed the main environmental issues and their interrelationship with the 2030 Agenda. Finally, Brazil’s role and the prospects for the environmental agenda in Mercosur are discussed.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional

DOI: 10.1590/0034-7329202300217

Authors: Regiane Nitsch Bressan, Tatiana de Souza Leite Garcia

Institutions: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo

Language: English

Topic: International Relations in Latin America

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Partnerships for the goals, Climate action

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico