About the Hosts
and Organizers

The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) is responsible for the formulation and implementation of national policies related to the mining and energy sectors, including oil, gas, and power. It plays a crucial role in managing the country's natural resources and ensuring a sustainable and efficient energy supply. Among MME's official responsabilities, the following can be highlighted:

• Designs and implements policies for the sustainable development of the Brazilian power sector.

• Responsible for the country's mineral policy.

• Oversees several regulatory agencies, such as the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL), the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), and the National Mining Agency (ANM).

• Conducts strategic planning for the sector, including the projection of long-term energy demand and supply and attraction of private investments to the mining and energy sectors.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also known as Itamaraty, is responsible for Brazilian foreign policy and international relations in bilateral, regional and multilateral levels. The Ministry advises the President of the Republic on foreign policy and on the implementation of diplomatic relations with States and international organizations.

• With a network of over 220 diplomatic representations abroad, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs promotes Brazil´s interests abroad, gives assistance to Brazilian citizens and supports Brazilian companies in all regions of the world.

• Furthermore, it organizes the official visits of Heads of State and Government and other high foreign officials to Brazil, as well as the visits of the President of the Republic, the Vice-President of the Republic and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to other countries.

Located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay, Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant is a landmark of international cooperation and engineering. Since its inauguration in 1984, it has become one of the world's largest producers of clean energy, providing about 10% of Brazil's energy consumption and 89% of Paraguay's. Besides its fundamental role in the energy matrix, Itaipu drives economic and social development in the surrounding regions.

Celebrating 50 years of operation, Itaipu has reached 3 billion accumulated megawatt-hours, highlighting its efficiency and strategic importance. Alongside this achievement, the "Itaipu More than Energy" program advances with a renewed commitment to sustainability, integrating initiatives such as the transition to renewable energies, including solar and biogas, environmental sanitation, water and soil conservation practices, as well as social, community, and infrastructure projects.

Itaipu directly contributes to Brazil's key pillars at the G20 with programs to combat hunger, poverty, and inequality; supporting economic, environmental, and social growth; and advocating for global governance reform. It stands as a shining example of binational partnership and cooperation between Latin American nations. Itaipu excels not only as an energy producer but also as a leader in social and environmental investment, actively contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN's 2030 Agenda.

With a vision encompassing social responsibility, sustainable economic development, and environmental conservation, Itaipu reaffirms its leadership role in promoting a fairer and more sustainable future for Brazil and Paraguay.

The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) is a high-level global forum to promote policies and programmes that advance clean energy technology, to share lessons learned and best practices, and to encourage the transition to a global clean energy economy. The CEM brings together a community of the world’s largest and leading countries, companies and international experts to achieve one mission –accelerate clean energy transitions.

The CEM is an international clean energy leadership platform, a convening platform, an action platform, and an acceleration platform. It serves as:

• a platform where its members help shape the global clean energy agenda, and advance the deployment of specific clean energy technologies and solutions.

• a bottom-up, government-led community for exchanging knowledge and insights, building networks and partnerships, and facilitating coordinated actions on clean energy.

• an implementation vehicle that helps its members to achieve specific domestic clean energy objectives.

Mission Innovation is the global initiative catalysing a decade of action and investment in research, development, and demonstration to make clean energy affordable, attractive and accessible for all. 23 governments and the European Commission, responsible for more than 90% of annual public investment, have committed to pioneer clean energy solutions through domestic action and international cooperation as members of Mission Innovation.

Launched alongside the Paris Agreement in 2015, Mission Innovation is an impact-focused forum convening governments, public authorities, companies, investors and academia to:

• mobilise innovation action through global Missions to reach tipping points in the costs and scale of clean energy solutions.
• partner with leading international organisations to accelerate innovation by boosting investment and demand for new clean energy technologies.
• enhance confidence in net zero solutions through insights and knowledge sharing to support all countries to plan ambitious clean energy transitions.