Climate Justice and Structural Inequalities: Refiguring Public Policy in the Global South

Interpreting Climate Denial: From Fake News to Narrative Policy Politics

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Marina Silva is a professor, historian, environmentalist, and Federal Deputy in Brazil. She served as Minister of the Environment from 2003 to 2008 and as Minister of the Environment and Climate Change from 2023 to 2026. Throughout her public career, she has become one of Brazil’s leading voices on sustainability, Amazon protection, climate justice, and socio-environmental development. She currently serves in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies and remains actively engaged in national debates on environmental and climate policy.

Frank Fischer is Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University and a researcher affiliated with Humboldt University. An internationally recognized political scientist, his academic work focuses on public policy analysis, particularly interpretive approaches, environmental policy, public administration, and the relationship between knowledge, science, technology, and decision-making. His scholarship is a major reference in the field of interpretive policy analysis and in the study of the discursive and narrative dimensions of public action.

Tatiana Sandim is Brazil’s National Secretary for Planning at the Ministry of Planning and Budget. She holds a PhD in Public Administration and Government from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP), a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Fundação João Pinheiro, and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from PUC Minas.