Afionis, S orcid.org/0000-0002-0434-5108, Stringer, LC, Favretto, N et al. (2 more authors) (2016) Unpacking Brazil’s leadership in the global biofuels arena: Brazilian ethanol diplomacy in Africa. Global Environmental Politics, 16 (3). pp. 127-150. ISSN 1526-3800
Abstract
Biofuels represent an opportunity for Brazil to exert global leadership by substantially scaling up the production, consumption, and international trade of bioethanol. Africa represents an ideal venue in which to do this, given its suitable agro-climatic conditions and extensive land area. Brazil has consequently sought to establish bilateral partnerships with African countries, as well as North-South-South trilateral partnerships involving the EU and US. However, empirically grounded assessments of how Brazil’s leadership aspirations have unfolded in practice through these partnerships are limited. In this article, we examine Brazil’s potential to exert global political leadership, by analyzing its policy-based, structural, and instrumental qualities in making bilateral and trilateral inroads regarding bioethanol production in Africa. Interviews in Brazil, Africa, and Europe suggest that both the bilateral and trilateral avenues have produced meager results. Lack of domestic strategy and vision, economic recession, and a fragmented alliance network have reduced Brazil’s capacity to achieve its ethanol diplomacy objectives.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2016 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Published under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) license. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 251132 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2016 10:50 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 22:00 |
Published Version: | http://doi.org/10.1162/GLEP_a_00369 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1162/GLEP_a_00369 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:95736 |