Listagem Produção Intelectual em Bases Externas por autor "Gurgel, Ângelo Costa"
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Climate change policy in Brazil and Mexico: results from the MIT EPPA model
2016-05Based on an in-depth analysis of results from the MIT Economic Projection and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model of climate policies for Brazil and Mexico, we demonstrate that commitments by Mexico and Brazil for 2020 made during ... -
Costs of reducing GHG emissions in Brazil
2014-03-04During the 2009 Conference of the Parties meeting in Copenhagen, the Brazilian government announced voluntary targets to reduce GHG emissions, with the targets being reconfirmed in Cancun (2010) and in Durban (2011). An ... -
Expansão da área agrícola e produtividade das culturas no Brasil: testando hipóteses da legislação californiana de biocombustíveis
2014-03-01We investigate the hypothesis that the conversion of forest and pasture land to cropland in Brazil decreases yields by 50%. Such hypothesis is being used by the California Air Resource Board to estimate the greenhouse gas ... -
Impactos da liberalização do comércio de etanol entre Brasil e Estados Unidos sobre o uso da terra e emissão de CO2
2013-12-01This paper investigates the potential impacts from a cut in the U.S. trade tariffs to the Brazilian ethanol on land use and greenhouse gas emissions from such changes. A version of the GTAP global economic model is used ... -
Intervenção governamental, crescimento e bem-estar: efeitos da política de equalização das taxas de juros do crédito rural nas regiões brasileiras
2014-08-01The paper's overall objective is to evaluate the impacts of government spending with the Interest Rates Equalization (IRE) policy in the economic growth and welfare of the five Brazilian macro-regions. Simulations were ... -
Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of sugar cane renewable jet fuel
2014-12-16This study evaluated the life cycle GHG emissions of a renewable jet fuel produced from sugar cane in Brazil under a consequential approach. The analysis included the direct and indirect emissions associated with sugar ... -
Modelling beef and dairy sectors' productivities and their effects on land use change in Brazil
2016-06-01This paper aims to develop new methodology for the Brazilian beef and dairy sectors incorporating different levels of productivities in the Brazilian Land Use Model (BLUM), analyzing land use dynamics. Several datasets ... -
Using land to mitigate climate change: hitting the target, recognizing the trade-offs
2012-06-05Land can be used in several ways to mitigate climate change, but especially under changing environmental conditions there may be implications for food prices. Using an integrated global system model, We explore the roles ...
