Population: 212,559,417 (+0.72% vs 2020) GDP per Capita (Nominal): $6,796 (-4.74% vs 2020) Debt to GDP: 98.9% (+ 10.3% vs 2020) Brazil, the largest user of energy in South America, is a country steeped in climate contradictions. It is a country that stormed out of the blocks with hydroelectricity in its power sector, only to find that its destruction of the Amazon has left its rivers running dry. While other countries ramp up their efforts to decarbonize their energy supply, much of Brazil’s role in the fight against climate change will depend on how well it can protect and restore one of the world’s largest carbon sinks. The Amazon Issue facing Brazil’s economy For Brazil’s democratic federative republic government…