During the first semester of 2026, Prof. Carlos R. S. Milani, director of the Interdisciplinary Observatory on Climate Change, teaches the course Environmental and Climate Policy in Brazil, a subject common to the graduate program in Political Science (PPGCP) at the Institute of Social and Political Studies (IESP-UERJ) and the graduate program in Environment at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGMA/UERJ). Starting on 10 March, classes will be offered to students from both programmes as well as students enrolled in other programmes on Tuesdays, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., in person at the IESP-UERJ campus (R. da Matriz 82, Botafogo – Rio de Janeiro, RJ).

Read an excerpt from the course syllabus:

The course will cover the following topics: History of Brazilian environmental policy since the 1970s; From Northern environmentalism to Brazilian socio-environmentalism: the relevance of political ecology; Stockholm (1972), Rio de Janeiro (1992), Rio+20 (2012) and Belém (2025): the evolution of agendas; Tensions between environmentalism and developmentalism; The climate emergency and divisions in Brazilian socio-environmental movements and networks; Institutional policy and environmental and climate governance in Brazil; Brazilian foreign policy, the environment and climate; Brazilian biomes in environmental and climate policy: the centrality of the Amazon; Climate denialism and movements opposed to the role of science in the formulation of public climate policies in Brazil.

The registration period for students enrolled at IESP-UERJ is open until 9 March. External students may register between 2 and 6 March through a form to be published on the Institute’s official website. For more information about registration through PPGMA/UERJ, please write to the Programme’s Graduates’ Office. On the OIMC website, we offer a section dedicated to undergraduate and graduate courses taught by members of the Observatory team, including complete course syllabi for consultation.