Carlos Alexandre Principe Pires is a public policies & government management specialist at the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, working within the Secretariat of Climate Change. He has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector, including 8 years as General Coordinator for Energy Efficiency and 6 years as Head of the Energy Development Department at the Ministry of Mines and Energy. He holds a postgraduate degree in public policy and government management in the energy and mining sectors, as well as an MBA and a degree in civil engineering.