Brazil has launched a national CCUS Subcommittee under its Ministry of Mines and Energy to implement the country’s 2024 Fuel of the Future law and anchor its strategy for COP30. The group brings together Petrobras, TotalEnergies, FS Energia, SLB New Energy, and other key stakeholders to advance carbon capture, storage, and regulatory frameworks.

Fernando C. Hernandez is a low-carbon technologist from the U.S. whose efforts to preserve the biosphere influenced foreign policy via Brazil's senate passing South America's first Carbon Capture Storage legislation. This included his engagement with the U.S. Department of Energy on this initiative. He is now bringing his strong European focus to Brazil's low-carbon realm.