Environmental Policies Of China And Brazil - 1651 Words

China and Brazil have developed historically together but why does Brazil have more effective environmental agencies than the China? Both nations are different politically and cultural, however through their developments as nations their environmental policies are having different degrees of success. These countries are partly free, but Brazil has informal institutions including the Catholic Church that affects the political climate and has helped environmental agencies. China and Brazil have historically had similar environmental policy specifically in UN talks. These countries have had their own struggles with their environmental policy trying to have a balance of economic growth and being a sustainable country. It is important examine†¦show more content†¦As a communist state becoming more international acknowledged as a state China had to make major changes as a government and it had to come externally. China â€Å"began to manifest an awareness of environmental problem s in the early 1970’s† (Ross, 810). This was because China had gained a seat in the UN and was working with the U.S during this time. Right before the 1972 Stockholm conference China had created a domestic agency that worked with environmental issues so that they had a voice in the conference. This conference came to the existence of SEPA which had policies with emission permits that was modeled by economically advanced countries such as the U.S (Ross, 812). SEPA was a cost to the state and could restrain a growing economy which was not in China’s best interest. Right before the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development China and 41 other developing countries made a declaration. This declaration â€Å"acknowledged the need for international co-operation to promote environmental protection and sustainable development while demanding financial assistance† (Ross, 814). This was also mentioned by the top leaders of China that economic dev elopment would reject in any interference with domestic politics for environmental policy (Ross, 814). China eventually reached a deal with a 9 year plan which shows that China is not against environmental