ABSTRACT
Between 2005 and 2010, Brazil made a fundamental shift in terms of climate commitment, transitioning from being a "climate villain" with high deforestation rates to a leader among the developing countries with regard to emissions control and climate change policies. The major achievement of the period had to do with Brazil's emissions profile: the country was finally able to control deforestation in the Amazon and thereby reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55" between 2005 and 2010. The major anti-climate sector during the period was the oil industry, which had started out on a path of rapid growth and increasing political influence since the confirmation of vast oil pre-salt reserves in late 2007. the general trend of this period was very positive. However, the situation of the energy sector—particularly the expansion of the oil industry and the increase in fossil fuel consumption—the forest sector (LULUCF)—in which deforestation control was an unambiguous success but whose emissions were still extremely high.
