161 Brazilian Organizations Submit Fossil Transition Roadmap to Guide Government Plan

Overview

• Observatório do Clima delivered recommendations to the federal team, urging a shift from maximum oil output to producing only the minimum needed during the transition.
• The plan calls for a dated schedule to end oil auctions, meeting domestic demand from existing fields and suspending new rounds to manage stranded‑asset risk.
• Groups propose exclusion zones for exploration in sensitive areas such as the Equatorial Margin and Foz do Amazonas, along with a full coal phase‑out and replacement of fossil thermal plants with renewables.
• The package seeks elimination of inefficient fossil subsidies, a Petrobras strategy pivot toward renewables, and rejection of new public spending on carbon capture and storage.
• Governance suggestions include a central implementation authority, stronger transition forums, a national decommissioning plan, worker requalification, and policies addressing energy poverty and environmental racism, as Brazil’s COP30 presidency continues to develop a global proposal.