Energy Diplomacy and Biofuels: Brazil’s Strategic Role – Laís Garcia, Itamaraty

Guest Laís Garcia Head of renewable energy at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Watch on Youtube Listen on Spotify Episode 1 of the Caminhos da Transição podcast welcomes Laís Garcia, head of renewable energy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Itamaraty The energy transition will not be decided by technologies alone, but by rules, […]

Eixos

OPINION: The oil dilemma: why Brazil needs to channel its fossil wealth into the green transformation Despite the resilience of the pre-salt layer, the country risks missing the opportunity to become a global leader in clean energy if there is no strategic management of revenue, writes Nicolas Lippolis Nicolas Lippolis, founder and executive director of […]

Future of Energy Conference

Africa faces a severe energy poverty crisis, with more than 600 million people lacking access to electricity and 1 billion relying on biomass for cooking. Despite having vast reserves of critical minerals essential for clean energy technologies (such as cobalt, platinum, graphite, and copper), the continent attracts only a fraction of global investments in renewable […]

Climate of Transformation

The researchers Dr. Nicolas Lippolis and Dr. Renata Albuquerque Ribeiro participated in the Climate of Transformation event in Brasília, Federal District, in August 2025. Organized by the Economic and Climate Prosperity area of ​​the Open Society Foundations in Brazil, led by Laura Carvalho and Iago Hairon, the two-day meeting brought together civil society organizations for […]

Prosperity Post-Fossil Fuels

The researcher Nicolas Lippolis, founder of the Center for Energy, Finance and Development (CEFD), was in Salzburg, Austria, in June to participate in the second round of the Pathways to Prosperity Post-Fossil Fuels dialogue. The PPFF project, a collaborative effort by Salzburg Global, Climate Strategies, the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, and the Windward […]

Energy Transition and Artificial Intelligence

Nicolas Lippolis, a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Global Energy Policy and the Climate School at Columbia University, participated in the seminar “Energy Transition and Artificial Intelligence: Solutions for a Sustainable World” at the Smith Learning Theater at Columbia University in New York in March 2025. The seminar served as an opportunity for academics, […]