reshaping international energy governance
BRASILIA – The International Energy Agency and Brazil jointly announced today that the country joined the IEA as an Association country, opening new avenues for cooperation towards a more secure [05] and sustainable energy future with Latin America’s largest country.
“With today’s announcement of IEA Association, we are taking another important step to place Brazil at the centre of global debate on key energy policy [10] issues including renewable energy, energy efficiency, rational use of fossil fuels, energy security and sustainable development,” said Fernando Coelho Filho, Minister of Mines and Energy.
Brazil’s leading expertise in bioenergy, hydro [15] and other forms of clean and conventional energy is recognized around the world, and provides an excellent basis to develop solutions for global energy challenges. The country’s experience in managing renewable resources in its energy mix can contribute [20] greatly to IEA discussions on a broadened concept of energy security. Brazil has also pioneered the use of auctions for long-term contracts for renewable energy, a model that is now successfully applied as best-practice world-wide.
[25] Brazil and the IEA plan to work jointly across a wide range of energy-related activities. These include implemention of The Biofuture Platform, which aims to promote international coordination on advanced low carbon fuels. The IEA will also support the
[30] development of Brazil’s ten-year energy efficiency plan and co-host an energy efficiency training event in Brazil to share regional and global experiences.
“Brazil’s experience shows that policies do matter,” said Dr Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive [35] Director. “Its determined and ambitious long-term energy policies, developing deep-water oil resources and expanding biofuels output, set an example to countries around the world. As a result, our latest data shows that Brazil will become a net oil exporter this [40] year, the first major consumer in recent history to ever achieve such a turnaround.”
Dr Birol also congratulated Brazil for its recent successful deepwater bid round. After depending on oil imports since IEA records began in the 1970s, the [45] IEA now finds that Brazil will become a net exporter this year, and exporting nearly one million barrels of oil per day to world markets by 2022. This is the result of a 50% increase in oil production in the past
decade thanks to a successful push into deep-water [50] production, and a biofuels programme that has helped keep domestic oil-demand growth under control.
With Brazil, the IEA family now accounts for over 70% of the world’s total energy consumption, compared with less than 40% just two years ago. The [55] seven IEA Association countries are Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Singapore and Thailand.
The agreement will allow the IEA to benefit from Brazil’s unique experience, which has enabled it to develop one of the cleanest energy mixes in the world. [60] Thanks to its expertise in global energy market and policy analysis, the IEA can support Brazil’s efforts and collaborate in its energy transition.
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Comparing Texts I and II, one concludes that
only Text I mentions a country that is well-known for its clean energy mix.
only Text II discusses what the global energy system will look like in the near future.
neither Text I nor Text II expresses concern with the future of oil production and demand in the next decades.
both Text I and Text II list all the IEA association countries and discuss how they can benefit from this cooperation.
both Text I and Text II mention the importance of renewable resources and clean energy technologies as a means of meeting energy demand.
Cesgranrio • Petrobras • Nível Superior
Questão 20 • Gabarito: (E)
Comparing Texts I and II, one concludes that:
(A) only Text I mentions a country that is well-known for its clean energy mix.
(B) only Text II discusses what the global energy system will look like in the near future.
(C) neither Text I nor Text II expresses concern with the future of oil production and demand in the next decades.
(D) both Text I and Text II list all the IEA association countries and discuss how they can benefit from this cooperation.
(E) both Text I and Text II mention the importance of renewable resources and clean energy technologies as a means of meeting energy demand.
Para resolver este item sem cair em armadilhas de escopo, isolamos as ideias paralelas validadas em ambos os fragmentos:
Em itens da Cesgranrio focados em interpretação comparativa (Comparing Texts I and II), utilize a **Técnica do Desarmamento de Restritivos Absolutos**. Desconfie imediatamente de alternativas que iniciem com termos excludentes como only, neither, solely ou exclusively. Para que um item com “only Text X” seja correto, você precisa ter certeza absoluta de que o Texto Y silenciou completamente sobre o tema. Na dúvida, busque a alternativa de caráter inclusivo (both), validando se o tema é o coração de todo o caderno de prova.
Distrator 04 — Fora do Escopo.
A banca tenta construir uma exclusividade falsa ao afirmar que apenas o Texto I cita um território famoso por sua matriz limpa. O Texto II contraria diretamente essa premissa ao detalhar a experiência prática do Brasil e enaltecer internacionalmente o sucesso do seu clean energy mix.
Distrator 01 — Extrapolação Factual.
O operador restritivo “only” invalida a opção. O Texto I não ignora o amanhã; pelo contrário, ele é recheado de projeções matemáticas explícitas sobre os rumos e a face do sistema de energia global para as próximas décadas, incluindo metas de eletrificação e avanço solar.
Distrator 06 — Contradição Direta.
A afirmação de que nenhum dos textos demonstra preocupação com o futuro do petróleo colide frontalmente com a realidade do caderno. O Texto I detalha a evolução e os tetos de consumo de óleo até 2040, enquanto o Texto II foca na ascensão do Brasil ao posto de exportador líquido desse recurso.
Distrator 02 — Generalização Excessiva.
Ocorre aqui uma expansão indevida de dados. A listagem detalhada de países associados à IEA e os termos contratuais de cooperação internacional são tópicos trabalhados de forma estrita no escopo informativo do Texto II, não encontrando paralelo equivalente nas linhas do Texto I.
Competência avaliada: 31. Reading Comprehension (Explicit Information • Paraphrasing).
Esta alternativa valida com precisão o ponto de convergência conceitual da prova. Ambos os textos, embora partam de recortes jornalísticos distintos, elegem as tecnologias limpas e os recursos renováveis como chaves centrais para mitigar os impactos ambientais e suprir a crescente demanda energética global.
O batimento organizacional do texto consolida-se assim:
Negação Absoluta de Evidência Textual (C): Aplica o operador negativo neither para camuflar discussões explícitas sobre cadeias de suprimento e mercados de hidrocarbonetos.
Alocação Indevida de Compartilhamento (D): Afirma que um dado restrito e minucioso de uma das passagens está presente em ambas, testando o nível de atenção visual do leitor.
Harmonização de Teses por Inclusão (E): Consolida a alternativa correta ao encontrar a grande avenida temática comum que justifica a própria seleção e união dos textos no concurso.
thematic: Reading & Interpretation
theme: 31. Reading Comprehension (Explicit Information • Paraphrasing)
Peça Operativa Principal: Comparative Intertextual Analysis / Restrictive Modifier Checking / Intersection Mapping
SILO 3 — Contextual
contentTopic: 08. Energy, Recycling & Sustainability
subtheme: Comparative Explicit Information
O item afere a proficiência leitora avançada no cruzamento de dados e na identificação de teses complementares em múltiplos textos correlatos, enquadrado no tema 31. Reading Comprehension do SILO 2. A resolução correta exige isolar quantificadores absolutos e localizar a convergência factual sobre o papel das matrizes renováveis. Os distratores ativados pela Engine operam mesclando Extrapolações Factuais, Generalizações Excessivas e Contradições Diretas: as alternativas A e B criam falsos cenários de exclusividade informativa; a opção C nega dados evidentes sobre o mercado de combustíveis fósseis; e a opção D generaliza uma listagem institucional que pertence a apenas um dos fragmentos.