Breno Bringel is a professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro and Senior Fellow at the Complutense University of Madrid, where he coordinates the Observatory of Geopolitics and Ecosocial Transitions. He is a member of the Ecosocial Pact of the South and co-editor of The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism (Pluto Press, 2024). His research focuses on critical geopolitics, social movements, and socio-ecological transitions.
'SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_posts.ID
FROM wp_posts INNER JOIN wp_postmeta ON ( wp_posts.ID = wp_postmeta.post_id )
WHERE 1=1 AND (
wp_posts.ID NOT IN (
SELECT object_id
FROM wp_term_relationships
WHERE term_taxonomy_id IN (47485,47486)
)
) AND (
(
( wp_postmeta.meta_key = \'the_author\' AND wp_postmeta.meta_value = \'3517044\' )
OR
( wp_postmeta.meta_key = \'secondary_author\' AND wp_postmeta.meta_value LIKE \'{0656de504af5a2baa2c12ac7c7aa0960df3eed899d0fae03d3a57879641c2d86}\\"3517044\\"{0656de504af5a2baa2c12ac7c7aa0960df3eed899d0fae03d3a57879641c2d86}\' )
)
) AND wp_posts.post_type = \'post\' AND ((wp_posts.post_status = \'publish\'))
GROUP BY wp_posts.ID
ORDER BY wp_posts.post_date DESC
LIMIT 0, 6'
Green Capitalism in the Americas: False Solutions, Real Threats
In this special issue of the NACLA Report, we critically examine the rise of green capitalism in the region in the lead-up to COP30 in Belém, Brazil in November.
October 7, 2025