Brazil Low Carbon Case Study : Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: ADVERSE EFFECTS;    AEROSOL EMISSIONS;    AEROSOLS;    AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES;    AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS;   

RP-ID  :  69869

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report presents the partial resultsrelated to land use, land-use change and the forestry sectorfrom a larger multisectoral low-carbon study for Brazil.Since the 1992 Kyoto Accord, Brazil has been committed toreducing its carbon emissions. The overall aim of this studywas to support Brazil's efforts to identifyopportunities to reduce its emissions in ways that fostereconomic development. The primary objective was to providethe Brazilian government with the technical inputs needed toassess the potential and conditions for low-carbondevelopment in key emitting sectors. To this end, the WorldBank study adopted a programmatic approach in line with theBrazilian government's long-term developmentobjectives. These are: to anticipate the future evolution ofBrazil's emissions to establish a Reference Scenario;identify and quantify lower carbon-intensive options tomitigate emissions, as well as potential options for carbonuptake; assess the costs of these low-carbon options,identify barriers to their adoption, and explore measures toovercome them; and build a low-carbon emissions scenariothat meets the same development expectations. The study alsoanalyzed the macroeconomic effects of shifting from theReference Scenario to the low-carbon one and the financingrequired. Reference-scenario results for these main areasshow that deforestation remains the key driver ofBrazil's futureemissions through 2030. The studyevaluated the mitigation and carbon uptake options,assessing all the relevant sub-sectors for each sector;determined the viability of the options investigated; andfinally, constructed low-carbon scenarios for each sector toassist them lowering their greenhous gas (GHG) carbon emissions.