Brazil’s International Ethanol Strategy

This comprehensive study analyzes Brazil’s efforts to create a global market for ethanol under the governments of the Workers’ Party. 

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Under the governments of Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff, Brazil aimed at creating a global market for ethanol as a green transport fuel, and ethanol diplomacy became a signature component of Brazil’s international insertion at the time. This study examines Brazil’s international ethanol strategy and creates a comprehensive overview of the theoretical and practical approaches that Brazil undertook to promote ethanol as a tool to achieve energy security and combat climate change in a framework of South-South cooperation.