ASIA PROGRAM BRAZIL-ASEAN RELATIONS AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION

What is the current state of Brazil-ASEAN relations, and what are some of the most promising prospects for cooperation in the context of the energy transition? 2. [...] What is the current state of Brazil-ASEAN relations, and what are some of the most promising prospects for cooperation in the context of the energy transition? The importance of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for Brazil is indisputable. [...] In order to fulfill this cooperation and trade potential, the Brazilian government is taking steps to allocate more resources to the partnership: Brazil has appointed a delegation specifically to the Association and a new diplomatic unit was created in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to handle Brazil-ASEAN relations, with the nomination of an Ambassador as Special Envoy to the Bloc. [...] The panel stated that Brazil has by far the cleanest energy mix among G20 countries and one of the cleanest in the world, as renewable energy sources make up 47.4% of the national energy mix. [...] The participants argued that the Brazilian government is aware of the importance of transforming converging interests in technical capabilities into effective cooperation -- for example, it is developing a technical cooperation project with the Philippines to help increase the productivity of the sugarcane grown in the Southeast Asian country.