Brazil – Germany bilateral cooperation initiative to promote sustainable development paths in the mining territories within the global scenario of energy transition, innovation, and economic diversification.
Objective: Foster dialogue and share knowledge on opportunities and challenges in the implementation of a sustainable and just transition in Minas Gerais, relying on the knowledge generated by the German experiences. Moreover, the initiative looks forward to identify opportunities of cooperation between Minas Gerais and Germany to deploy projects in mining territories of Minas Gerais.
The German Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro, with support of the German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) and the Government of the State of Minas Gerais and the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil – MME support this initiative.
Given the global COVID-19 pandemic scenario, the organizers have adapted the agenda of activities to a virtual format, hosting a series of virtual events from September to November 2020. In addition, if the health scenario permits, a physical event will be held in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (tbc).
Event’s website | Concept paper (available now!)
Horizon for the Just Transition: from 2021 to the future | 14th and 15th of December, 2020, 9h00-12h45 (BR), 13h00-16h45 (CET)
Watch it on youtube: Access our playlist with the past webinars (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,).
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