Overview

• Held on Sept. 22 in New York during Climate Week, the Valor-Amcham forum brought Brazilian and U.S. business leaders, officials and experts together across panels on energy, technology and climate.
• Brazil’s Ministry of Development signed a memorandum of understanding with Schneider Electric to cooperate on decarbonization initiatives in the country.
• Schneider Electric’s Thomas Kwan said renewable power is a magnet for investors entering Brazil but warned of clean-energy distribution bottlenecks and stressed the need for digital infrastructure to ease constraints.
• Brazil’s consul-general in New York, Adalnio Ganem, described current strains in the bilateral relationship as temporary, with participants still pointing to wide scope for cooperation even after recent U.S. tariffs on Brazilian goods.
• Discussions linked critical minerals, data centers and AI to investment in Brazil, with speakers flagging competitive energy costs, clear regulation and private-sector engagement as priorities feeding into COP30 planning.