Impact of recyclable material collectors on greenhouse gas emissions and interactions with thermostatic institutions in the global north and Brazil

The low carbon transition (GHG) is a movement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The objective is to mitigate global warming and reduce the impacts of climate change. This practice involves policies and strategies to reduce the “carbon footprint” and is a response to the challenges of climate change and the need to promote sustainable development. Therefore, we will seek to understand the impact of recyclable material collectors in Brazil in relation to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and a comparison with the policies adopted in nations in the global north, considering the current legislation of the carbon credits aimed at this vulnerable social group. The theme will be related to the recent legislation of the Brazilian Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System (SBCI), which represents law 15,042 of 2024 and other current qualitative data on carbon credits in the context of the global north and Brazil. In this scope, and understanding of the durable institutional arenas involved permeates the legislative assessment of Decree 11,413/2023, which establishes the Reverse Logistics Recycling Credit Certificate, the General Packaging Structuring and Recycling Certificate and the Future Mass Credit Certificate , legislation in force in the Brazilian field.The proposal has social importance as collectors play an essential role in Brazil's recycling chain, being responsible for collecting 90% of recyclable materials, despite the well-known precarious working conditions. Unfortunately, recycling credit is still seen as inaccessible to the majority of workers in this category, as working conditions are not the most appropriate. Therefore, Brazilian recyclable material collectors are part of the air pollution governance network in the national territory and we seek to know if there is any relationship between vulnerable social groups in the nations of the global north with this issue.Thermostatic institutions, which means well-entrenched institutions of governmental authority whose sole purpose is to maintain a clearly specified policy objective, are playing an adequate role in ensuring that carbon credits return financially to Brazilian recyclable materials collectors within the context of the low-income economy carbon? What are the most effective public policies of developed nations to reduce GHG, considering the Paris Agreement? Within this context, Cashore and Howlett (2007) demonstrate that external disturbances outside the policy subsystem, characterized by some type of social upheaval, are critical in explaining the development of profound and durable policy changes that are otherwise impeded by institutional stability. The current geopolitical context allows room for broad discussions on the socio-environmental issues of nations and this proposal will consider all these aspects.