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Fabio Couto

Fabio is a journalist who graduated from the Universidad Estácio de Sá, he obtained an MBA in Finance and Derivatives from FIA-USP, he was a reporter, sub-editor and then editor-en-chief of CanalEnergia (a website specialising in the electrical sector), and a senior writer at Reuters. He previously worked as head of communications at FSB Comunicaciones.

Brazil

Can other emerging economies follow China’s industrial energy saving success?

China's huge energy efficiency gains formed part of a wider shift in the economy, and in thinking

Brazil

Why doesn’t Brazil have a solar industry?

Corruption and obsessions with hydro and fossil energies cast a shadow over Brazil’s solar sector

World

Markets lack confidence in new BRICS bank

Green groups and investors sceptical about sustainability of new multilateral lender’s policies

Brazil

Tapajós hydro plant cancelled on environmental grounds

Indigenous people who feared land could be assigned to megaproject welcome its cancellation

Brazil

Rio transport hamstrung by decades of neglect

Investment in Olympics infrastructure is vital for a city that has grown informally but will it last?

Fabio Couto

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