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 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.