THE GREEN ECONOMY IN BRAZIL: A MULTISECTORAL ANALYSIS OF INVESTMENTS, STATE PERFORMANCE AND PUBLIC POLICIES
Keywords:
Sustainable Development, Renewable Energy, Regional AsymmetriesAbstract
This study analyzes the advancement of the green economy in Brazil through a data-driven, state-level analysis focusing on renewable energy, financial flows, and government incentives. The results indicate remarkable progress, consolidating the country as a powerhouse in wind and solar energy, with strong leadership from Northeastern and Southeastern states. However, this transition is revealed to be profoundly asymmetric, with massive investments concentrated in the electricity sector to the detriment of other strategic areas, such as the Amazon's bioeconomy, which remains underdeveloped. It is concluded that Brazil's green development is occurring in a "mosaic" pattern, featuring islands of modernity and innovation. The nation's great challenge is to overcome this sectoral and geoFigureical concentration, articulating its diverse vocations to ensure that sustainable growth becomes a vector for inclusive and truly national development.
