On November 29, President Lula was in Saudi Arabia, on his way to attend the annual United Nations climate change conference that was scheduled to be held nearby, in the United Arab Emirates. He commented in a seminar with businessmen, saying: “Ten years from now, Brazil will be called the Kingdom of Saudi Green Energy.” Two days later, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad participated in the conference and said that the government’s plans to confront the challenges posed by global warming were “a reinvention of Brazil.” Were Lola and Haddad’s words exaggerated? This does not seem to be the case, when you look together at the ideas and initiatives that have been implemented in Brasilia over the past year, specifically as a result of the climate crisis.
The plans show the country’s willingness to take advantage of the momentum of history to try to improve the quality of the economy and living conditions. There is support for producing little or no polluting energy. A catalyst for industry, a sector capable of developing GDP and generating higher-paying jobs. Encouraging research and technological innovations capable of improving the production area. Trying to benefit financially from keeping trees standing, especially in the Amazon region. and even the desire to “steal” multinational corporations located elsewhere. “We see climate change as an opportunity for development,” says Karina Vitral, a special adviser to the Ministry of Finance and responsible for the so-called Ecological Transition Plan, the umbrella for the renewal mentioned by Haddad. “We say: World, do you want to decarbonize your economy? Come to Brazil, bring your industrial plants here.”
