Resumo

The climate crisis is a humanitarian crisis. Extreme weather events disrupt the
world, and adaptation and mitigation policies should be part of the National States’ planning.
Failing to meet the target set by the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit the temperature rise
to 1.5ºC or a maximum of 2ºC by 2050 compared to pre-industrial levels, threatens living
standards and conditions. In this context, the State needs to resume its role as a promoter
of public policies capable of bringing stability, reducing inequality and establishing rules for
planning aimed at long-term growth with environmental sustainability – i.e., growth with
economic development in the context of the climate crisis. The sustainable green transition
process requires coordination among economic agents in a new configuration of production
relations – a new Sustainable Development Convention. This process should involve the
active participation of the State, the market and civil society. Therefore, the resumption
of State planning practices will be essential to coordinate the allocation of resources and
direct economies toward a sustainable green transition. Promoting a change in the economic
convention focused on the sustainable green transition is essential to face the challenge
ahead. Hence, economic planning is part of the sustainable green transition strategy. This
article argues for the need for a Sustainable Development Convention that rescues the
developmental State in counterpoint to the neoliberal State, primarily subordinated to the
rentier interests of the financial system.

Classificação JEL: E60; H11; O2; P11.