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the environmental relevance of each sector in the economies of the Amazon region and the rest of Brazil. This study … Brazil, but also by the developed nations, as the burden of the reduction in the greenhouse gases emission in the Brazilian …
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mitigation efforts by regions is of great concern in a large country like Brazil, with substantial regional variation in economic … even to a larger extent. In order to analyze at regional level the current relationship between Brazil's CO2 emissions and … emissions for 2008 from Brazil's Ministry of Science and Technology. We are able to evaluate the CO2 emissions in each of the 27 …
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show that inter‐sector linkages are similar between countries. We identify the priority sectors associated with the mining …
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Nowadays, an important debate in the international economies is the problem of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change related. Discussions begin to gain the world with the signature of the Kyoto Protocol (1997), where an international agreement was reached to reduce global emissions....
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If environmental footprint attributable to various consumption patterns are evaluated, monetary transactions in the environmentally-extended input-output analysis need to be linked to household-specific expenditures. However, while the former are recorded in basic prices, the latter is typically...
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This doctoral thesis, organized in three self-contained chapters, provides an analysis of the economic effects associated with the extraction of natural resources and the transition from an economy based on fossil fuel use to an economy relying primarily on renewable energy sources. Chapter 1...
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In the recent period, there is an increase in the household income in Brazil. There is a positive impact upon …
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: This paper analyses the relationship between economic performance and CO2 emissions in Brazil, in the year 2004. The …
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Portuguese Abstract: Este trabalho quantifica as emissões de CO2 decorrentes do uso energético de gás natural, álcool e derivados de petróleo em seis regiões brasileiras e avalia os impactos de eventuais políticas de controle de emissões. Também mostra para as seis regiões estudadas a...
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This article aims to analyse carbon emissions in Brazil by decomposing consumption and income-based structural factors …-added side. Wealthier areas in Brazil, known for diverse and value-added production, have lower emission-intensive industries …
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