Options for international policy architectures and institutional venues for global climate change — including alternatives and complements to the UNFCCC (for example, separate aviation or trade agreements — and various types of climate policy clubs) (belfercenter.org)
The Harvard Project's research focuses on policy architecture, key design elements, and institutional dimensions of international and domestic climate change policy — and draws upon leading scholars and policy practitioners from around the world (including Argentina, Australia, China, Europe, India, Japan, and the United States). (belfercenter.org)
There seemed to be a hopeful change during the Lula Administration (2003 - 2011) as Environmental Minister Marina Silva and her colleagues put in place a new policy architecture of protected areas and sustainable development, and her successor Carlos Minc instituted a «shock - and - awe» campaign of aggressive enforcement of the Forest Code which resulted, along with mega-economic trends such as the 2008 crash, in dramatically reduced rates of new deforestation. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)