Agenda

Recent findings of large oil reserves along the southern coast of Brazil have triggered a nation-wide debate among politicians, private companies and the civil society regarding the economic, social, political and environmental implications of such a large-scale enterprise. Portrayed as “the passport for the future” by the national government, the “Pre-Sal”, as the cluster of oil fields laying a few thousand meters below the sea is called in Brazil, demands large public and private investments as well as a new policy framework.

Met Dr. Giorgio Romano Schutte, Federal University of ABC.