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
Format: Publication
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AIR
BUS
CH4
CO
CO2
GHG
LNG
MMA
N2O
SF6
TAX
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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
de Gouvello, Christophe
Brazil Low-carbon Country Case Study
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil
description 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.
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author de Gouvello, Christophe
author_facet de Gouvello, Christophe
author_sort de Gouvello, Christophe
title Brazil Low-carbon Country Case Study
title_short Brazil Low-carbon Country Case Study
title_full Brazil Low-carbon Country Case Study
title_fullStr Brazil Low-carbon Country Case Study
title_full_unstemmed Brazil Low-carbon Country Case Study
title_sort brazil low-carbon country case study
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url 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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spelling okr-10986-192862021-11-12T16:50:23Z Brazil Low-carbon Country Case Study de Gouvello, Christophe 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 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. 2014-08-12T16:29:39Z 2014-08-12T16:29:39Z 2010 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/19886655/brazil-low-carbon-country-case-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19286 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Publication Latin America & Caribbean Brazil