http://www.isa.org.usyd.edu.au/publications/documents/Wiedmann,Lenzen,Turner&Barrett_EcolEcon_2007.pdf

Examining the global environmental impact of regional consumption activities — Part 2: Review of input–output models for the assessment of environmental impacts embodied in trade

Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, andtheEnvironment

Energy and carbon embodied in the international trade of Brazil: an input–output approach

For the long-term stabilization of greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations it is important that post-Kyoto policy has broad participation to ensure environmental integrity. Many post-Kyoto frameworks have been debated, but surprisingly approaches that focus on consumption have received little attention in the climate change literature despite broader interest in other areas. In this article we extend the argument for constructing GHG inventories using a country’s consumption rather than production. First, we argue that constructing GHG inventories using a country’s economic activity instead of geographic territory solves allocation issues for international activities such as international transportation and carbon capture and storage. Second, we argue that consumption-based GHG inventories have many advantages over production-based inventories. The main advantages are to address carbon leakage, reduce the importance of emission commitments for developing countries, increase options for mitigation, encourage environmental comparative advantage, address competitiveness concerns, and naturally encourage technology diffusion.

Post-Kyoto greenhouse gas inventories: production versus consumption

Input-output analysis of CO2 emissions embodied in trade: The effects of sector aggregation

Future oil production in Brazil—Estimates based on a Hubbert model

This article summarizes the results of the project on indicators for sustainable energy development (ISED) in Brazil The project's aim was to present energy related economic, social and environmental data to policy makers in a coherent and consistent form, showing interlinkages, time-series and cross-sectoral analyses and assess energy policy Two priority areas assessed by these indicators, regarding the country's energy supply and demand, helped in the identification of a number of energy policy options that focused on specific aspects of the country's energy sector On the supply side, these options include the development and stimulation of renewable energy, such as small-scale hydroelectric, wind, solar photovoltaic power and bagasse cogeneration; stimulation of programmes for ethanol use as automotive fuel and sugarcane bagasse cogeneration; and implementation of natural gas-fired, combined heat and power (CHP) plants On the demand side, policy options include: the full implementation of the law on efficiency standards for appliances; expansion of utility investment in end-use energy efficiency; adoption of targets and protocols to reduce energy intensity in the industrial sector; improvement of passenger transport efficiency; and the creation of a fund to improve energy affordability for the poor

Giovani Machado

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Energy and carbon embodied in the international trade of Brazil: an input–output approach

Future oil production in Brazil—Estimates based on a Hubbert model

Indicators for sustainable energy development: Brazil's case study

Do ethanol prices in Brazil follow Brent price and international gasoline price parity

Oil refining expansion criteria for Brazil