President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gave 60 days to the Ministries of Mines and Energy, Environment, Finance and Civil Home to establish guidelines for the development of a “road map for a just and planned energy transition, with a view to gradually reducing the country’s dependence on fossil fuels.” The decree, published this Monday in the Official Journal of the Union, also informs that the draft resolution must be presented, as a priority, to the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE).
In the text, the president determines that the departments propose adequate financing mechanisms for the implementation of the energy transition policy, including the creation of the Energy Transition Fund, which will be financed by a portion of state revenues from oil and natural gas exploration.
Lula proposed, during COP 30 in Belém, the creation of a “road map” for the exit from fossil fuels. Although the initiative was supported by around 80 countries, the proposal was not included in the outcome document of the Conference of the Parties. Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, however, committed to working on the subject during his presidency of the COP, which runs until November 2026, when the next conference will be held.
For Márcio Astrini, director of the Climate Observatory, the president’s initiative is “very positive”, but it is necessary to monitor the effectiveness of the measures.
— This order is consistent with what President Lula demanded of countries at COP 30: that the world present a map showing the path to ending the use of fossil fuels. Nothing is more fair than the author of the idea doing his homework. Taking the initiative is good, but the plan must also deliver good results. We, in civil society, already have our contribution and our proposal for this roadmap to present to the government, he said.
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