Lula sets deadline for creating guidelines to eliminate fossil fuels

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva determined this Monday, 8th, a period of 60 days for four ministries to draw up guidelines for creating a road map to promote the energy transition and reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

In addition, the bodies must develop a proposal to create the Energy Transition Fund, whose financing will be funded by a portion of government revenues arising from the exploration of oil and natural gas.

The two initiatives were defended by the president during the Leaders’ Summit that preceded the United Nations Climate Conference (COP30), in November, in Belém.

In an order published in Official Gazette of the UnionLula determines that the Ministries of Mines and Energy; of the Treasury; of the Environment; and the Civil House are responsible for the task.

According to the president’s order, the proposal must be submitted as a priority to the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE), which will be responsible for formulating a final proposal.

The measure was celebrated in the government’s environmental area, which advocates that Brazil establish a roadmap to abandon the use of fossil fuels, the main source of greenhouse gas emissions on the planet. The view is that the measure sends a strong political signal internally and abroad.

Minister Marina Silva is one of the main defenders of the creation of the roadmap as a response to the COP28 decision in Dubai. At the time, the countries decided for the first time to make a transition towards ending the use of this type of resource, but did not define a roadmap on how to take this plan forward.

In November, at COP30, Lula was personally involved in the negotiations to try to unlock an agreement that would enable the construction of a road map by the countries participating in the conference. The topic, however, was left out of the final decision at COP30 as it encountered opposition, above all, from Arab countries, major oil producers.

After the lack of consensus, the president of COP30, André Corrêa do Lago, made a commitment to make a proposal so that countries can move forward in relation to what was agreed in Dubai. The document should be produced over the next year, during Corrêa do Lago’s term of office.

The map proposed by Lula concerns only Brazil’s transition, while the roadmap to be designed by Corrêa do Lago should provide suggestions that can be used by countries to promote their own energy transition.