On January 6, 2026, Petrobras announced that oil leaks had occurred during drilling tests in the Amazon River Mouth region. The incident, still under investigation, reignites a debate that seemed buried under layers of speeches at COP30: are we truly committed to the energy transition, or are we still trapped in our addiction to oil? The answer, unfortunately, seems clear—and disappointing.

In recent years, solar energy has ceased to be a technological curiosity and has become part of everyday life for Brazilians. Today, there are already millions of small distributed generation units spread across the rooftops of homes, businesses, schools, hospitals, rural properties, and public buildings. This revolution has transformed the consumer into a prosumer a term that combines “producer” and “consumer” someone who not only consumes energy but also produces it.

At the end of 2025, India announced that it had surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, with an estimated GDP of US$ 4.18 trillion.