It does not directly address which federal ministry should administer
climate - change
policy, but
delegates to the Katoomba meeting clearly advocate a change from the current practice of leaving it up to the Ministry of External Relations (MRE, Ministério das Relações Exteriores)
and the Ministry of Science
and Technology (MCT, Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia), which critics say are overly concerned with issues of sovereignty
and energy.