1、Cutting Down the (Hydropower)Plants:How the Amazon Deforestation is Jeopardizing Electricity Generation in Brazil65AuthorsGustavo R.S.Pinto Senior Analyst,CPI/PUC-RIO gustavo.pintocpiglobal.orgJoo Arbache Analyst,CPI/PUC-RIOLuiza Antonaccio Senior Legal Analyst,CPI/PUC-RIOJoana Chiavari Research Dir

2、ector,CPI/PUC-RIOAcknowledgementsThis report received financial support from the Institute Climate and Society(ICS),Itasa Institute,and Norways International Climate and Forest Initiative(NICFI).The authors would like to thank Augusto Monnerat for his research support;Juliano Assuno,Cristina Leme Lo

3、pes,Beto Verssimo,and Natalie Hoover El Rashidy for their comments and suggestions;Rafael Arajo,Eduardo Minsky and the CPI/PUC-RIO empirical group for their discussions;Giovanna de Miranda,Kirsty Taylor,and Camila Calado for proofreading and editing the text;and Nina Oswald Vieira and Meyrele Nascim

4、ento for drawing up the figures and formatting the text.Suggested citationPinto,Gustavo R.S.,Joo Arbache,Luiza Antonaccio,and Joana Chiavari.Cutting Down the(Hydropower)Plants:How the Amazon Deforestation is Jeopardizing Electricity Generation in Brazil.Rio de Janeiro:Climate Policy Initiative,2024.

5、bit.ly/DeforestationAndHydropower.About Amazon 2030Amazon 2030 is an initiative by Brazilian researchers that seeks to develop an action plan for the sustainable development of the Brazilian Amazon.Our objective is to promote higher standards of economic and human development and to achieve the sust

6、ainable use of resources by 2030.About Climate Policy InitiativeClimate Policy Initiative(CPI)is an organization with international expertise in finance and policy analysis.CPI has seven offices around the world.In Brazil,CPI has a partnership with the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeir