The Green Transition in Brazil: Economic Development and Sustainability

The green transition is an increasingly relevant topic in Brazil, with significant implications for the country's economic development and sustainability. Recently, the seminar 'Decarbonization in Industry: Research and Policies in a Changing World' discussed how to transform the climate agenda into a development strategy for Brazil.

Climate Agenda and Productive Transformation

Climate policy has ceased to be a set of restrictions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and has become a crucial tool to ensure the perpetuity of economic activities increasingly affected by the climate crisis, such as agriculture. The ecological transition will be politically viable only if it is able to generate decent employment, income, innovation, and productive capacities.

Potential and Challenges of Green Jobs

The transformation in the labor market was also evidenced by the release of the latest research by the Industry and Competitiveness Group of the UFRJ's Institute of Economics on green jobs in Brazil. The research showed that occupations associated with the ecological transition tend to present better formalization and remuneration indicators.

Technologies of the Global South

Another recurring theme was the need to develop its own tools to plan the transition. Researchers from UFRJ and COPPE presented economic models capable of simulating the impacts of decarbonization on employment, income, productive structure, and emissions.

Conclusion

The climate agenda will only be able to mobilize lasting political support if its potential for economic development is better understood, planned, and considered. The energy transition generates development, but it is necessary to decide for whom.

Source / Reference: ClimaInfo