Brazilian policy after the Paris Agreement: early failure of the climate targets?

The Paris Agreement represents a reorientation of the climate change regime. It is a more flexible and durable mechanism, towards a more bottomup, global approach. In this sense, all the Parties were invited to voluntarily present their National Determined Contribution (NDCs) in order to fight global warming. This study uses the Brazilian case, to alert for action and awareness regarding "Paris" compliance and implementation. It explains that Brazilian pledges were considered to be inconsistent with Paris goals. Moreover, weak governance has leaded to a 9 per cent increase of greenhouse gas emissions in the past two years. This result goes in the opposite direction of Brazil's commitments. One of the key factors for the success of Brazilian's NDC will be strong environmental governance, the necessary review of the National Policy on Climate Change, as well as full implementation of the Forest Code, in the forthcoming years.