Climate Change Will Make the Brazilian Military’s Role More Difficult, Finds New Report
“It is in Brazil’s interest to climate-proof the nation,” said Wilson Center Senior Fellow Sherri Goodman during a recent International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) event. Referencing a new IMCCS report,
Climate and Security in Brazil, Goodman, who is also Secretary General for the IMCCS, said that Brazilian leaders ought to develop counter-deforestation and climate plans as critical elements of the national security agenda.
The report highlights how Brazil’s land use policies, weakened environmental enforcement organizations, and leadership priorities are contributing to the conditions that enable rampant and illegal deforestation in the Amazon, an ecosystem that is considered vital to global climate stability. Oliver-Leighton Barrett, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security and a co-author of the report, said that such conditions are hur