On Monday, August 26, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launched the National Energy Transition Policy (Política Nacional de Transição Energética/PNTE), approved at a meeting of the National Energy Policy Council (Conselho Nacional de Política Energética /CNPE) which he led, alongside the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, who is Council chair. Brazil could receive an estimated BRL 2 trillion in investments towards the green economy over ten years.