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Access and Affordability of Electricity in Developing Countries by Winkler, Harald, Simões, André Felipe, Rovere, Emilio Lèbre la, Alam, Mozaharul, Rahman, Atiq, Mwakasonda, Stanford

“…A key objective of developing countries is to provide affordable access to modern energy services in order to support economic and social development. The…”
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Emission inventory: An urban public policy instrument and benchmark by D’ Avignon, Alexander, Carloni, Flávia Azevedo, Rovere, Emilio Lèbre La, Dubeux, Carolina Burle Schmidt

“…Global concern with climate change has led to the development of a variety of solutions to monitor and reduce emissions on both local and global scales. Under…”
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Evaluating Energy Policies through the Use of a Hybrid Quantitative Indicator-Based Approach: The Case of Mercosur by Santos, Thauan, Pereira Júnior, Amaro, La Rovere, Emilio

“…This paper evaluates the performance of energy policies in the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), a regional initiative consisting of Argentina, Brazil,…”
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Perspectives for the expansion of new renewable energy sources in Brazil by Pereira, Amaro Olimpio, Cunha da Costa, Ricardo, Costa, Cláudia do Vale, Marreco, Juliana de Moraes, La Rovere, Emílio Lèbre

“…The aim of this article is to show the opportunities for penetration of new renewable energy sources into the Brazilian energy mix, enabling it to continue…”
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Energy and material flows of megacities by Kennedy, Christopher A., Stewart, Iain, Facchini, Angelo, Cersosimo, Igor, Mele, Renata, Chen, Bin, Uda, Mariko, Kansal, Arun, Chiu, Anthony, Kim, Kwi-gon, Dubeux, Carolina, La Rovere, Emilio Lebre, Cunha, Bruno, Pincetl, Stephanie, Keirstead, James, Barles, Sabine, Pusaka, Semerdanta, Gunawan, Juniati, Adegbile, Michael, Nazariha, Mehrdad, Hoque, Shamsul, Marcotullio, Peter J., Otharán, Florencia González, Genena, Tarek, Ibrahim, Nadine, Farooqui, Rizwan, Cervantes, Gemma, Sahin, Ahmet Duran

“…Significance Our quantification of energy and material flows for the world’s 27 megacities is a major undertaking, not previously achieved. The sheer magnitude…”
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An assessment of electricity and income distributional trends following rural electrification in poor northeast Brazil by Obermaier, Martin, Szklo, Alexandre, La Rovere, Emilio Lèbre, Pinguelli Rosa, Luiz

“…Rural electrification is considered to be a key strategy for poverty alleviation and sustainable development. It should therefore include (1) expanding…”
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SEA making inroads in land-use planning in Brazil: The case of the Extreme South of Bahia with forestry and biofuels by Oberling, Daniel Fontana, La Rovere, Emilio Lèbre, de Oliveira Silva, Heliana Vilela

“…•The sector planning process in Brazil is dissociated from environmental and territorial one.•The structure and results of the SEA of Extreme South of Bahia…”
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Deforested and degraded land available for the expansion of palm oil for biodiesel in the state of Pará in the Brazilian Amazon by Monteiro de Carvalho, Carolina, Silveira, Semida, Rovere, Emilio Lèbre La, Iwama, Allan Yu

“…This paper maps the availability of deforested and degraded land in the state of Pará in the eastern Amazon and discusses the feasibility of using this land…”
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MRV framework and prospective scenarios to monitor and ratchet up Brazilian transport mitigation targets by Goes, George Vasconcelos, Gonçalves, Daniel Neves Schmitz, de Almeida D’Agosto, Márcio, La Rovere, Emilio Lèbre, de Mello Bandeira, Renata Albergaria

“…Transitioning from a carbon-intensive development path to a low-carbon economy requires understanding of emission sources and its drivers. To achieve…”
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The role of lifestyle changes in low-emissions development strategies: an economy-wide assessment for Brazil by Grottera, Carolina, La Rovere, Emilio Lèbre, Wills, William, Pereira Jr, Amaro Olímpio

“…Reconciling climate and socioeconomic goals is a significant challenge in the developing world. Improving living standards is imperative. However, if emerging…”
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Lost at SEA? Environmental assessment and offshore oil and gas planning in Brazil by Vilardo, Cristiano, La Rovere, Emilio Lèbre, Evora, José Eduardo Matheus, Montaño, Marcelo

“…Early assessment of environmental issues is key for sound decision-making about licensing of offshore oil and gas exploration sites. In this paper, we recall…”
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Sustainable expansion of electricity sector: Sustainability indicators as an instrument to support decision making by Rovere, Emilio Lebre La, Soares, Jeferson Borghetti, Oliveira, Luciano Basto, Lauria, Tatiana

“…The aim of this paper is to put forward a proposal for a methodology to analyze the sustainability of the expansion of electricity generation. To do so, an…”
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Ethanol and food production by family smallholdings in rural Brazil: Economic and socio-environmental analysis of micro distilleries in the State of Rio Grande do Sul by Maroun, Maria Regina, La Rovere, Emilio Lèbre

“…In light of the perspectives of ethanol from sugar cane industry in Brazil and the biofuelscurrent international debate, certain questions ought to be…”
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Investments of oil majors in liquid biofuels: The role of diversification, integration and technological lock-ins by Oberling, Daniel Fontana, Obermaier, Martin, Szklo, Alexandre, La Rovere, Emilio Lèbre

“…The increasing use of liquid biofuels has been justified by highly volatile and rising oil prices, geopolitical instability of countries that control most of…”
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Enhancing adaptive capacity to climate change: The case of smallholder farmers in the Brazilian semi-arid region by Simões, André Felipe, Kligerman, Debora Cynamon, Rovere, Emilio Lèbre La, Maroun, Maria Regina, Barata, Martha, Obermaier, Martin

“…[Display omitted] ▶ Rapid appraisal for identification of climate change hotspots. ▶ Links between adaptation, building adaptive capacity and sustainable…”
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Pathways for deep decarbonization of the Brazilian iron and steel industry by Hebeda, Otto, Guimarães, Bruna Silveira, Cretton-Souza, Gustavo, La Rovere, Emilio Lèbre, Pereira, Amaro Olimpio

“…Steel production is one of the major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Brazil is one of the largest steel producers in the world and its main energy…”
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Strategies to promote renewable energy in Brazil by Pereira, Amaro Olimpio, Pereira, André Santos, La Rovere, Emilio Lèbre, Barata, Martha Macedo de Lima, Villar, Sandra de Castro, Pires, Silvia Helena

“…The present study is the result of recent research that has been developed in Brazil in cooperation with international research centers. The aim is to analyze…”
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Brazilian Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water: A structural decomposition analysis by Naspolini, Giovanna Ferrazzo, Ciasca, Bruna Stein, La Rovere, Emilio Lèbre, Pereira Jr, Amaro Olimpio

“…The UN Sustainable Development Goals constitute a bench of directives with a universal scope to establish actions to mitigate poverty and protect the…”
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Multi-project environmental impact assessment: insights from offshore oil and gas development in Brazil by Vilardo, Cristiano, La Rovere, Emilio Lèbre

“…Despite being adopted worldwide, environmental impact assessment (EIA) is under pressure in many countries, while perceived (rightly or wrongly) as an…”
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Local perspectives in the control of greenhouse gas emissions – The case of Rio de Janeiro by Schmidt Dubeux, Carolina Burle, Rovere, Emilio Lèbre La

“…Municipalities in developing countries can contribute to mitigating climate change and thereby benefit from reductions in the emissions of conventional…”
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