The country’s new climate credit programs have the potential to benefit local communities, but will face hurdles along the way.

Politics is pushing the United States and Europe to prefer domestically produced clean energy technologies. But such preferences risk slowing that transition—unless the governments take supplementary measures.

The world may be moving past neoliberalism, but it is hampered by an out-of-date approach to investment. Improving the quantity and quality of international public spending is required to combat the climate emergency. 

Communities will soon be hammered by climate impacts or hollowed out by declining consumer demand. U.S. policymakers need to make the energy transition equitable.

After four years of a neoliberal government that dismantled environmental regulations in Brazil, the country is once again transitioning toward a state-led model of development. But entrenched domestic interests may thwart a more sustainable path.

Lula’s current progressive administration is unable to give up neoextractivism, as giving up on commodity-led growth would likely invite an economic and social disaster.