The incoming Brazilian government is considering cancelling a network of gas power plants and pipelines planned by the current president Jair Bolsonaro, according to the likely new environment minister Marina Silva.In a legislative trick known as “jabuti” or “tortoise”, the congress successfully made this a condition of them supporting Bolsonaro’s privatisation of Brazilian utility Electrobras.Silva was his environment minister between 2003 and 2008 and travelled to Cop27 alongside him.Another former Lula environment minister Izabella Teixera told Climate Home that returning to government was “not in [her] plans”.Vanuatu publishes draft resolution seeking climate justice at UN courtMost of Brazil’s electricity is produced by hydropower, giving it one of the cleanest electricity systems in the world."