This document was prepared and reviewed by a group of advisors from the External Group of the Climate & Development initiative and is part of a collection of four booklets that explore other foundations of the transition of the Brazilian economy to a low-emissions model. Under the coordination of the Talanoa Institute, the LACLIMA and Coppe/UFRJ teams collaborated on the research and writing of the chapters.

Research and writing: André Castro Santos, Caroline Dihl Prolo, Emílio La Rovere, Natalie Unterstell, Stéfano Silveira, Shigueo Watanabe and William Wills.

Review and consolidation: Ester Athanásio and Walter de Simoni.

Editorial project: Juliana Virgolino