Annals of the Workshop â??Data Sharing and Climate Action in Brazilâ??

At the end of 2022, on December 15 and 16, Mackenzie Presbyterian University was the stage of an intensive journey of debates, exchange of ideas, as well as different and complementary points of view. A joint effort to discuss and ponder the Data Sharing and Climate Action in Brazil.

The Workshop is part of an international research project entitled "Regulation of the Data Economy in Emerging Economies: Shaping Data Sharing Policies to Promote the Sustainable Development Goals" headed by Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition.

The international research is led in Brazil by the Competition Law Study Group of the Graduate (PhD and Master) Program in Political and Economic Law at Mackenzie Presbyterian University Law School.

The data economy offers great potential for emerging economies to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). However, data-sharing policies must be properly framed to leverage this potential. The workshop is a remarkable occasion which allows for the exchange of experiences and the collective creation of alternatives for building a better, fairer, inclusive, and more equal society in different countries.

The Brazilian focus is on Climate Action (SDG 13) due to its relevance to the country and the world as well as the limited progress in achieving environmental goals, and especially the great potential to advance in this area by fostering the data economy. 

The Sao Paulo Workshop Team put forth its best efforts to bring together different stakeholders, with specific skills, from different backgrounds, different institutions, and a variety of nationalities, to share their vast knowledge. 

The Workshop had the unique opportunity to listening to and debate with the speakers in five different panels.