Shortly after the end of COP30, President Lula instructed four ministries – Environment, Mines and Energy, Finance and Civil House – to draw up guidelines for building a map of Brazil's path beyond fossil fuels. These guidelines should have been delivered in early February. However, five months go by without any sign of publication of the national roadmap.
“Tension between ministries” delays national fossil fuel roadmap, admits Capobianco
Shortly after the end of COP30, President Lula instructed four ministries – Environment, Mines and Energy, Finance and Civil House – to draw up guidelines for building a map of Brazil's path beyond fossil fuels. These...
The Minister of the Environment, João Paulo Capobianco, who replaced Marina Silva in charge of the department, admits to O Globo that the guidelines were not published due to internal “tensions” in the federal government. "We have reached 95% of understanding to close this phase. There is still a contradiction, a complexity, which means that the discussion is still ongoing."
The contradiction, according to Capobianco, involves transition and energy poverty. He mentions regions of the country where fossil fuels are the main source of energy. "How are we going to make this transition considering that we have to combat this energy poverty? It's a tension between the ministries. How am I going to give up on an energy source or accelerate the reduction in use if I still have to resolve demands that are posed today? Discussions arise", he says.
The Ministry of the Environment (MMA) defends the need to define the trajectory and goals on the road map. But, according to Capobianco, there are areas of the government that are afraid to assume objectives and not be able to fulfill them, which would cause the plan to lose credibility, in the evaluation of these sectors.
It is curious that government sectors concerned about the “loss of credibility” of the road map are not concerned about not being able to even draw up guidelines to start building this map. We are talking about initial steps, indications, so that this wheel starts turning. In other words, it seems like another excuse to avoid talking about the end of fossil fuels.
After all, it is no secret that there are those in the government who advocate exploring oil in Brazil “to the last drop”. Case of the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, the only one remaining among the holders of the portfolios entrusted by Lula with this task. In addition to Marina Silva, Fernando Haddad and Rui Costa left their positions at the Treasury and the Civil House.
Source: ClimaInfo
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