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Dr Marília Closs is a Brazilian researcher whose work focuses on climate change, international governance, and Latin America. She has been engaged in research, policy advocacy, and collaboration with public-sector institutions on climate change, with a particular focus on climate governance and international climate policy. She currently serves as Project and Research Coordinator at Plataforma CIPÓ, a Brazilian think tank advancing climate action and strengthening global governance. She holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Rio de Janeiro State University. Her doctoral dissertation received three awards, including two national-level distinctions.
Short
biographie
Dr Marília Closs is a Brazilian researcher whose work focuses on climate change, international governance, and Latin America. She has been engaged in research, policy advocacy, and collaboration with public-sector institutions on climate change, with a particular focus on climate governance and international climate policy. She currently serves as Project and Research Coordinator at Plataforma CIPÓ, a Brazilian think tank advancing climate action and strengthening global governance. She holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Rio de Janeiro State University. Her doctoral dissertation received three awards, including two national-level distinctions.
Contribution to the project
Marília’s work within the Extractivism project will focus on international climate governance and the coalitions that shape it. Her research examines how extractivism is embedded in the instruments and processes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and how it influences the trajectory of negotiations, particularly on issues such as the energy transition, just transition, and mining; the level of ambition reflected in texts and decisions; and the formation of coalitions.
Recent Publications
Folly, M., Closs, M., & Gonzalez, V. (Eds.). (2024). Brazilian foreign policy and climate: Towards an environmentally responsible and socially just Brazil. Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão; Plataforma CIPÓ.
Trotte, A., Lopes, D., & Closs, M. (2023). Território, autonomia, soberania e extrativismo: Panorama de conflitos socioambientais na Bolívia durante a pandemia a partir dos casos do TIPNIS, Chepete-El Bala e da extração de lítio [Territory, autonomy, sovereignty and extractivism: An overview of socio-environmental conflicts in Bolivia during the pandemic based on the cases of TIPNIS, Chepete-El Bala, and lithium extraction]. Novos Rumos Sociológicos, 11(19), 64–94. VIEW PUBLICATION
Plataforma CIPÓ. (2026). Relatório técnico sobre a implementação da Declaração de Belém [Technical report on the implementation of the Belém Declaration]. VIEW PUBLICATION