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Brazil Low-carbon Country Case Study

This study was undertaken by the World Bank in its initiative to support Brazil's integrated effort towards reducing national and global emissions of greenhouse gases while promoting long term development. The study builds on the best availabl...

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Main Author:	de Gouvello, Christophe
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS AIR AIR POLLUTION ALLOCATION ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AMAZON DEFORESTATION AMAZON RAINFOREST ANNUAL EMISSIONS ANNUAL GLOBAL EMISSIONS ATLANTIC FOREST ATMOSPHERE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOMASS BUS BUS SYSTEMS BUSES CALCULATION CAPITAL SUBSIDIES CARBON BALANCE CARBON CONTENT CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON EQUIVALENT CARBON INTENSITY CARBON INVENTORIES CARBON LEAKAGE CARBON MARKET CARBON MITIGATION CARBON PRICE CARBON REMOVAL CARBON STOCK CARBON TECHNOLOGIES CARBON UPTAKE CARS CH4 CLEAN ENERGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CO CO2 COAL COLORS CONGESTION COST OF TRANSPORT CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION RATES DEGRADED AREAS DEGRADED FORESTS DIESEL DISCOUNT RATE DOMESTIC EMISSIONS DRIVERS DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS OF LAND USE EFFICIENCY GAINS ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITY EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ESTIMATES EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS FROM ENERGY PRODUCTION EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE EMISSIONS GROWTH EMISSIONS INVENTORIES EMISSIONS MITIGATION EMISSIONS PROFILE EMISSIONS PROJECTIONS EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS RESULTS EMISSIONS SCENARIO ENERGY BALANCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SOURCES ETHANOL FEASIBILITY FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINANCIAL MECHANISM FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREST FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST PLANTATIONS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST RECOVERY FOREST RESERVES FOREST SERVICE FORESTRY FORESTRY ACTIVITIES FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS FOSSIL-FUEL EMISSIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL OIL FUEL SUBSTITUTION FUEL SWITCHING FUELS GAS SECTOR GASOLINE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION GENERATION CAPACITY GHG GHGS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGET GREENHOUSE GASES HFCS IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT IPCC IRON JOBS LAND FOR AGRICULTURE LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LAND-USE CHANGE LAND-USE EMISSIONS LANDFILL LANDFILL GAS LANDFILLS LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS LIQUID EFFLUENTS LIQUID WASTE LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES LNG LOW-CARBON MARGINAL ABATEMENT MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST METHANE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MITIGATION POTENTIAL MMA MODAL SHIFT MOTOR VEHICLE N2O NATIONAL EMISSIONS NATURAL GAS NATURAL GAS SECTOR NEGATIVE IMPACTS NITROGEN NITROUS OXIDE OIL PRICES PARTICLES PASSENGER TRAIN PASSENGERS PERFLUOROCARBON PERFORMANCE STANDARD PFCS POWER GENERATION POWER PLANTS PRESENT VALUE PRICE DISTORTIONS PRICE INDEX RAIL RAINFALL RAPID TRANSIT RATE OF DEFORESTATION REGIONAL TRANSPORT RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES ROAD ROADS SANITATION SCENARIOS SF6 SOIL CARBON SUGAR CANE SULFUR SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TAX TEMPERATURE TOTAL EMISSIONS TOTAL EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT EMISSIONS TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT PLAN TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SYSTEMS UNCERTAINTIES URBAN BUS URBAN TRANSPORT VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS VEHICLE OWNERS VEHICLES WASTE MANAGEMENT WIND WIND ENERGY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/19886655/brazil-low-carbon-country-case-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19286

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Summary:	This study was undertaken by the World Bank in its initiative to support Brazil's integrated effort towards reducing national and global emissions of greenhouse gases while promoting long term development. The study builds on the best available knowledge and to this effect the study team undertook a broad consultative process and surveyed the copious literature available to identify the need for incremental efforts and centers of excellences. The overall aim of this study was to support Brazil's efforts to identify opportunities to reduce its emissions in ways that foster economic development. The primary objective was to provide the Brazilian government the technical inputs needed to assess the potential and conditions for low-carbon development in key emitting sectors. The Brazil low carbon study aims to support Brazil's continued efforts to foster development while reducing GHG emissions. The World Bank Group has always been committed to supporting growth in developing countries, and in October 2008, it adopted a Strategic Framework on Climate Change and Development (SFCCD) to integrate climate change into the development agenda without compromising growth and poverty reduction efforts. Within the context of the SFCCD, the World Bank has undertaken a series of initiatives to support climate change mitigation within country-led development processes. One of these initiatives has been to coordinate several low-carbon growth studies through close interactions with its longstanding partners. This study is the result of that initiative. In order to build upon the best available knowledge, the study process emphasized a consultative, iterative approach that involved extensive participation by Brazilian experts and government representatives.