Oil and Energy Transition

Between energy security, responsible development and the challenges of the transition The Brazil Climate Futures Forum panel, held at Columbia University during New York Climate Week 2026, brought together different perspectives on the future of oil production in Brazil, its economic and fiscal effects, energy security, local impacts and the challenges of a low-carbon transition. […]

Clean Energy, Imported Industry: Chinese Investment in Brazil’s Power Sector

Ricardo Kotz Policy Paper Abstract This policy paper analyzes the outcomes of Chinese investment in Brazil’s power sector between 2014 and 2025, focusing on solar and wind generation and the transmission infrastructure that enables it. Drawing on case studies of the four dominant state-owned enterprises—State Grid, China Three Gorges, State Power Investment Corporation, and China […]

Clean Energy, Imported Industry: Chinese Investment in Brazil’s Power Sector

Ricardo Kotz Abstract This policy paper analyzes the outcomes of Chinese investment in Brazil’s power sector between 2014 and 2025, focusing on solar and wind generation and the transmission infrastructure that enables it. Drawing on case studies of the four dominant state-owned enterprises—State Grid, China Three Gorges, State Power Investment Corporation, and China General Nuclear—it […]

tax reform

Oil, Transition and the New Economy: Pathways to Overcoming Brazil’s Economic and Fiscal Dependence on Oil The seminar, organised by the Institute for Socioeconomic Studies (Inesc) in partnership with CEFD and other organisations, brought together more than 70 participants in Brasília to discuss economic, fiscal and productive alternatives for a just and low-carbon transition. The […]

ClimaInfo

Experts argue that fossil fuel subsidies, insufficient finance and entrenched vested interests remain among the main barriers to accelerating the energy transition . “How can the transition away from fossil fuels be made economically viable, politically feasible and socially just amid growing geopolitical instability? There is no easy answer, nor a single one. But the […]

Dialogue Earth

Oil pipelines in Obrikom, Nigeria (Image: George Osodi / Associated Press / Alamy) ‘Refine baby, refine’ Africa’s fossil fuel proponents are using the global oil and gas crisis to their advantage, reigniting debates about the continent’s energy future Drill baby, drill,” said NJ Ayuk, executive chairman of the African Energy Chamber in April. He was […]

New Challenges, Enduring Lessons: The Future of NOCs in Sub-Saharan Africa

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NEXO

The momentum of sustainable finance taxonomies An essay by Nicolas Lippolis Essential for directing capital towards the climate transition, these systems are multiplying globally Sustainable finance taxonomies are classification systems created by governments, their regulatory bodies and international organisations to define which economic activities genuinely protect the environment and society and align with climate goals. […]

Sub-national climate leadership

Co-organised by the CEFD, the governments of Colombia and the Netherlands, and the Climate Group, the panel brought together experts from Brazil, Ecuador, Canada, Nigeria, and the United States to debate the role of states and provinces in the low-carbon economy

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Financing stalls energy transition at local level, say leaders in Santa Marta With a fund fuelled by royalties, Espírito Santo bets on diversification to reduce dependence on fossil fuels (This article covers an event co-organised by the CEFD) Santa Marta, April 27 — How to finance the energy transition in economies still dependent on oil […]