The Interdisciplinary Observatory on Climate Change is releasing the latest volume in the series Cadernos do OIMC, a continuous stream publication edited by our team. In yet another release associated to the Pan-Amazonian Governance, Climate Change and Sustainable Development project, this edition presents the article Chinese Interests in the Pan-Amazon: Dilemmas of Sustainable Development, signed by Observatory collaborator Ticiana Amaral.

The paper aims to describe the evolution of the Chinese presence in the Pan-Amazon region from the perspective of both its economic interests in the countries that make it up and the impacts that the actions of Chinese companies have on the climate and the environment. Also a researcher at the World Political Analysis Laboratory (LABMUNDO), the author is a PhD student in the Graduate Programme in Political Science at IESP-UERJ, developing her research project China’s International Development Cooperation in Latin America: An Analysis of the Financing of Renewable Energy Projects under supervision of OIMC coordinator Prof. Carlos R. S. Milani.

Supported by the Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), as part of the Amazon+10 Initiative, the Pan-Amazonian Governance, Climate Change and Sustainable Development project is a partnership between OIMC, the Laboratory for Geopolitical Studies of the Legal Amazon (LEGAL) and the South American Political Observatory (OPSA) dedicated to investigating the perceptions, interests and actions of the different political actors who have an impact on sustainable development in the region. In addition to the monitors focusing on the South American Amazonian countries (published by OPSA) and on the Brazilian states in the region (published by LEGAL), this series published by OIMC aims to analyse the agendas and interests expressed by extra-regional powers, intergovernmental organisations and multilateral forums in relation to the Pan-Amazon region.