Brazilian Legal Time of Sustainable Development …
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The Legislative Decrees issued within that period refer to grants of authorization to
perform service by association. Hence, it is not an instrument able to guiding Agenda
2030. The Provisional Measure 782/2017 was converted into Law 13.502/2017
which, in turn, has been ent aimed to establish the organs of the Presidency of
the Republic and its Ministries, and also that the term sustainable development looks
like associated with sustainable rural development.
As for the 20 Presidential Decree, five of them refer to the structure of positions and
functions of the Federal Executive structure, 2 refer to the organizational structure of
Secretariats between Ministries and Civil House, 1 proposes criteria for sustainable
development in contracted by the Federal Government, 1 creates the volunteer award
for the development of federal public administration personnel. Therefore, 45% of
the Decrees issued during the period do not directly interfere with the implementation
of the SDGs.
Also regarding the Presidential Decrees aimed at creating the National Commission for the Sustainable Development Objectives and the National Prize for the SDGs,
such decrees do not describe actions for the accomplishment of the SDGs.
As for the remaining Presidential Decrees, 1 was overturned; the others were
related to the environmental interface of sustainable development from multiple perspectives. From the creation of conservation units, plans to strengthen extractive
communities as well as to manage resources of the sea, creation of a national commission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, particular rules to the Amazon Fund as
well as toward regulating the Law 13.123/2015 upon the access to genetic resources
and biodiversity. This set of subjects show up the concentration of regulation in
matters related to the environmental view of sustainable development, that is to say,
such kind of regulation reinforces the one-dimensional view of the term within the
Brazilian public policies.
One might see the above mentioned Law n.13.186/2015 as an exception, once it
has established the education policy for sustainable consumption and constitutes the
solely initiative that covers economic along with environmental aspects of sustainable
development. Although it is noteworthy that it stem from an Executive Provisional
Measure, its approach to the economic pilar actually encourage changes in consumer
and businesses behaviours, along with, again, stimulating special care to their impacts
on environment, such as waste treatment, recycling and reuse.
Regarding particularly the SDGs, in 2017, Saad Alfarargi, Special Rapporteur on
the right to development pointed out, among other problems, lack of engagement.
Despite the progressive evolution of the concept of the right to development and its inclusion
in some international and regional instruments and national constitutions, the general level
of awareness and engagement for its implementation are low.
With the Presidential Decree 8.862/2016, Brazil has a first measure to lead with
SDGs. For the first time a National Commission for sustainable development goals
was created, without the feature of a President Council. This Commission is composed of representatives of the federal government, states and municipalities along
with civil society. Its authority is quite broad: from elaborating a plan of action,
proposing strategies, monitoring and monitoring the development of SDOs, until
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The Legislative Decrees issued within that period refer to grants of authorization to
perform service by association. Hence, it is not an instrument able to guiding Agenda
2030. The Provisional Measure 782/2017 was converted into Law 13.502/2017
which, in turn, has been ent aimed to establish the organs of the Presidency of
the Republic and its Ministries, and also that the term sustainable development looks
like associated with sustainable rural development.
As for the 20 Presidential Decree, five of them refer to the structure of positions and
functions of the Federal Executive structure, 2 refer to the organizational structure of
Secretariats between Ministries and Civil House, 1 proposes criteria for sustainable
development in contracted by the Federal Government, 1 creates the volunteer award
for the development of federal public administration personnel. Therefore, 45% of
the Decrees issued during the period do not directly interfere with the implementation
of the SDGs.
Also regarding the Presidential Decrees aimed at creating the National Commission for the Sustainable Development Objectives and the National Prize for the SDGs,
such decrees do not describe actions for the accomplishment of the SDGs.
As for the remaining Presidential Decrees, 1 was overturned; the others were
related to the environmental interface of sustainable development from multiple perspectives. From the creation of conservation units, plans to strengthen extractive
communities as well as to manage resources of the sea, creation of a national commission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, particular rules to the Amazon Fund as
well as toward regulating the Law 13.123/2015 upon the access to genetic resources
and biodiversity. This set of subjects show up the concentration of regulation in
matters related to the environmental view of sustainable development, that is to say,
such kind of regulation reinforces the one-dimensional view of the term within the
Brazilian public policies.
One might see the above mentioned Law n.13.186/2015 as an exception, once it
has established the education policy for sustainable consumption and constitutes the
solely initiative that covers economic along with environmental aspects of sustainable
development. Although it is noteworthy that it stem from an Executive Provisional
Measure, its approach to the economic pilar actually encourage changes in consumer
and businesses behaviours, along with, again, stimulating special care to their impacts
on environment, such as waste treatment, recycling and reuse.
Regarding particularly the SDGs, in 2017, Saad Alfarargi, Special Rapporteur on
the right to development pointed out, among other problems, lack of engagement.
Despite the progressive evolution of the concept of the right to development and its inclusion
in some international and regional instruments and national constitutions, the general level
of awareness and engagement for its implementation are low.
With the Presidential Decree 8.862/2016, Brazil has a first measure to lead with
SDGs. For the first time a National Commission for sustainable development goals
was created, without the feature of a President Council. This Commission is composed of representatives of the federal government, states and municipalities along
with civil society. Its authority is quite broad: from elaborating a plan of action,
proposing strategies, monitoring and monitoring the development of SDOs, until