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Manfred Steffen

Project Coordinator of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Montevideo office. Master degrre in Environmental Sciences from the Universidad de la República de Uruguay. Graduated from Fachhochschule für Druck (Stuttgart, Germany).

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Brazil: an environmental disaster foretold

Southern Brazil is underwater. What was exceptional is now part of the new normal. Adaptation, climate emergency plans and the valuation of ecosystems must be incorporated into policy. It is about the world we will leave to our sons and daughters.

What politics must address on environmental matter

It is unavoidable to rethink our societies' development models and incorporate environmental issues into the political agenda.