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Brazil low carbon country case study was
two years in the making based on a study by the World Bank
assisted by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP).
It supports Brazil's integrated effort towards reducing
national and global-emissions GHG while promoting long-term
development. It builds on the best available knowledge and
is underpinned by a broad consultative process and survey of
available literature. The study was coordinated by
Christophe de Gouvello, a Senior Energy Specialist in the
Sustainable Development Department of the Latin American and
the Caribbean Region. The study's scope was discussed
with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Environment and
Science and Technology, as well as representatives of the
Ministries of Finance, Planning Agriculture, Transport,
Mines and Energy, Development, Industry and trade. More than
15 technical reports and 4 synthesis reports have been
commissioned in the course of this work. For a quick
overview of priority issues, analysis is presented using
reader-friendly charts, graphs, and annotations organized in
chapters according to the four key emission sectors, land
use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF), including
deforestation; energy production and use, particularly
electricity, oil and gas and bio-fuels; transport systems;
and solid and liquid urban waste.
