Energy Transition and Socio-Environmental Injustices: An Emergency Debate in the Brazilian Context

This article critically analyzes the implementation of energy transition models based solely on decarbonization and renewable sources. Through interviews, document analysis, and bibliographic research, it investigates the impacts of wind energy and green hydrogen projects in Northeast Brazil, particularly in Ceará. The study highlights the limitations of corporate energy transition, which, by merely “greening” capitalism, leaves socio-environmental inequalities intact and deepens geopolitical exploitation relationships between the Global North and South. It demonstrates how these projects disproportionately affect traditional communities and Indigenous territories, with a particular impact on women. As an alternative, the study draws from experiences of Indigenous women and women from traditional communities to propose new paradigms that center life and acknowledge the interdependent relationships that sustain diverse existence on the planet.