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Brazil joins IEA as an Association country,

reshaping international energy governance

BRASILIA – The International Energy Agency

and Brazil jointly announced today that the country

joined the IEA as an Association country, opening

new avenues for cooperation towards a more secure

5 and sustainable energy future with Latin America’s

largest country.

“With today’s announcement of IEA Association,

we are taking another important step to place Brazil

at the centre of global debate on key energy policy

10 issues including renewable energy, energy efficiency,

rational use of fossil fuels, energy security and

sustainable development,” said Fernando Coelho

Filho, Minister of Mines and Energy

Brazil’s leading expertise in bioenergy, hydro

15 and other forms of clean and conventional energy

is recognized around the world, and provides an

excellent basis to develop solutions for global energy

challenges. The country’s experience in managing

renewable resources in its energy mix can contribute

20 greatly to IEA discussions on a broadened concept

of energy security. Brazil has also pioneered the use

of auctions for long-term contracts for renewable

energy, a model that is now successfully applied as

best-practice world-wide.

25 __ Brazil and the IEA plan to work jointly across a

wide range of energy-related activities. These include

implemention of The Biofuture Platform, which aims

to promote international coordination on advanced

low carbon fuels. The IEA will also support the

30 development of Brazil’s ten-year energy efficiency

plan and co-host an energy efficiency training event

in Brazil to share regional and global experiences.

“Brazil’s experience shows that policies do

matter,” said Dr Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive

35 Director. “Its determined and ambitious long-term

energy policies, developing deep-water oil resources

and expanding biofuels output, set an example to

countries around the world. As a result, our latest data

shows that Brazil will become a net oil exporter this

40 year, the first major consumer in recent history to ever

achieve such a turnaround.”

Dr Birol also congratulated Brazil for its recent

successful deepwater bid round. After depending on

oil imports since IEA records began in the 1970s, the

45 IEA now finds that Brazil will become a net exporter

this year, and exporting nearly one million barrels

of oil per day to world markets by 2022. This is the

result of a 50% increase in oil production in the past

decade thanks to a successful push into deep-water

50 production, and a biofuels programme that has helped

keep domestic oil-demand growth under control.

With Brazil, the IEA family now accounts for

over 70% of the world’s total energy consumption,

compared with less than 40% just two years ago. The

55 seven IEA Association countries are Brazil, China,

India, Indonesia, Morocco, Singapore and Thailand.

The agreement will allow the IEA to benefit from

Brazil’s unique experience, which has enabled it to

develop one of the cleanest energy mixes in the world.

60 Thanks to its expertise in global energy market and

policy analysis, the IEA can support Brazil’s efforts

and collaborate in its energy transition.

Available at: < https://www.iea.org/newsroom/news/2017/october/brazil-joins-iea-as-an-association-country-reshaping-international-energy-govern.html >. Retrieved on: 31 Oct. 2017. Adapted.

Dr. Fatih Birol affirms that “Brazil’s experience shows that policies do matter” (lines 33-34) because, due to its long-term energy policies, the country