Brazil has followed a long and winding road to reach the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP15, in Copenhagen this month. This journey began in 1972 at the first United Nations conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm where the Brazilian diplomat responsible for defending the country's positions, Miguel Ozório de Almeida, cautioned that "environmental protectionism" should not stand in the way of economic development among the less developed countries.
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Good Article written by Michael Warren,
December 14, 2009
Excellent article Mark. I wish I read this before Copenhagen, but you give such a good historical look that it will be useful for our Carbon Series readers who follow this issue. I agree with your point that Brazilian ethanol is very competitive with refined petroleum products, but to me, it was the Industrial Production Tax (IPI) that really propelled FFV sales in Brazil. Getting up to a 7% tax reduction on a vehicle that costs sometimes $60K reis is a big incentive. Also, I like your information about the rate of reduction in deforestation after 2003/4. About this time, the commodity (and ethanol) boom happened in Brazil. So, contratry to misguided press (which you are not), strong agricultural prices create rural jobs to keep people employed so that they don't have to migrate to the cities or into the Amazon to scratch out a living. Again, good article. All the best, Michael
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Brazil recently agreed it would make a cut in "business as usual" - that is, in the rate of growth of its CO2 emissions, of 36 to 39 per cent by 2020. Not an absolute cut but a big step stop sweating
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March 30, 2012
Also, I like your information about the rate of reduction in deforestation after 2003/4. About this time, the commodity (and ethanol) boom happened in Brazil. So, contratry to misguided press (which you are not), strong agricultural prices create rural jobs to keep people employed so that they don't have to migrate to the cities or into the Amazon to scratch out a living. Again, good article.
This journey began in 1972 at the first United Nations conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm where the Brazilian diplomat responsible for defending the country's positions, Miguel Ozório de Almeida, cautioned that "environmental protectionism" should not stand in the way of economic development among the less developed countries.
About this time, the commodity (and ethanol) boom happened in Brazil. So, contratry to misguided press (which you are not), strong agricultural prices create rural jobs to keep people employed so that they don't have to migrate to the cities or into the Amazon to scratch out a living. Again, good article.
Brazil has followed a long and winding road to reach the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP15, in Copenhagen this month. This journey began in 1972 at the first United Nations conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm where the Brazilian diplomat responsible for defending the country's positions, Miguel Ozório de Almeida, cautioned that "environmental protectionism" should not stand in the way of economic development among the less developed countries. 
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