Socio-bioeconomy as a Climate Solution: The Brazilian Experience and Public Policies to Support the Agenda

​Join us for discussion and exchange on how socio-bioeconomy can be more strongly integrated into the climate debate.

​This event will highlight socio-bioeconomy's potential as a contribution from the Global South to the broader climate agenda. The discussion will explore how environmental goals, such as curbing tropical forest deforestation, can be linked to the socioeconomic objectives of sustainable development for local and traditional communities. While Brazil is far from being a model to be replicated, its experience offers valuable insights into how this agenda can be translated into public policies and support instruments worldwide. This event also provides an opportunity to critically discuss existing limitations, challenges, and areas for improvement.

​Speaker:

​Pedro Frizo is Director of Programs and Financial Innovation at Conexsus, where he has spent the past eight years supporting the development of the sociobioeconomy in Brazil and across the Pan-Amazon region. He is a PhD candidate in Economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and currently a visiting PhD student at the Conservation Development Lab (CDL), University of Cambridge. He holds a Master's degree in Sociology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), where his dissertation received the 2018 NEAD/SOBER Award for Best Dissertation in Rural Sociology, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of São Paulo (ESALQ-USP). He previously worked as a consultant for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and as a researcher and consultant on climate change at IDESAM (Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Amazon).

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