Brazil's democracy and sustainable agendas: A nexus in urgent need of strengthening

Sustainable agendas are often threatened by divergent political viewpoints. This was evidenced by the January 2023 coup attempt in Brazil. The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda faces various challenges and relies on safeguarding institutions and democracy itself. For megadiverse countries such as Brazil, strengthening the nexus between democracy and governance is fundamental.(c) 2023 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Associacao Brasileira de Ciencia Ecol ogica e Conservacao. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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Divergent political viewpoints in Brazil pose a threat to sustainable agendas. The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda faces numerous challenges and relies on the protection of institutions and democracy itself. Strengthening the connection between democracy and governance is crucial for megadiverse countries like Brazil.