Environmental taxation and renewable energy in Brazil

This text deals with environmental taxation as a promoter of renewable energies and diversification of the energy matrix in favor of protecting the environment. In view of this purpose, there is a need for an efficient and safe energy policy, considering the potential and exposure to risks that may compromise the production of certain forms of renewable energy production that may compromise the socioeconomic development. It is up to the Brazilian State to encourage the diversity of its renewable sources, favoring its wealth of natural resources, making them increasingly accessible to the population in all its classes. Consequently, diversified, and accessible energy matrix brings economic and social improvements to the nation - especially environmental, but not only- as it provides development and benefits in people’s quality of life, promoting social inclusion and price adjustment in production and supply of products and services.This study was financed in part by the coordenação de aperfeiçoamento de pessoal de nível superior - Brasil (capes) - Finance code 001