Brazil: Facilitating Collaboration on Climate Change through U.S. Mission Brazil Exchange Programs

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   BR2022-0050

This report focuses on how the synchronization of two Mission Brazil exchange programs, USDA's Cochran Fellowship Program and State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), will help facilitate effective, climate-focused collaboration between American and Brazilian counterparts. Land use changes, livestock methane, and sustainable production are three critical topics that can be readily addressed through the coordination of these programs.

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