Las Comunicaciones Nacionales Brasileñas y sus liciones para la
América Latina
Philip M. Fearnside
Instituto Nacional de Investigación de la Amazonía – INPA
http://philip.inpa.gov.brAporte a las Contribuciones Nacionales (INDC) de Perú y la financiación internacional
para el cambio climático en América Latina: Ronda de comentarios y reflexiones. 2014 Global Landscape Forum (GLF). Org. CIFOR & DAR, Hotel Westin , Lima.
6 Diciembre 2014. “
http://inct-servamb.inpa.gov.br/
Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia dos Serviços Ambientais da Amazônia –SERVAMB
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http://climatepolicyinitiative.org/2012/03/28/deforestation-slowdown-in-the-
brazilian-amazon-prices-or-policies/
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(MCT, 2004. Comunicação Nacional, p. 146)
(Plano Nacional sobre Mudança do Clima, p. 67)
(Comunicação Nacional, p. 146)
Emissões do corte do Cerrado:
(Grandin 2012, p. 14)
Bubbles in a tributary in Santo Antônio.
Tucuruí spillway photo
Fearnside & Pueyo, 2012. Nature Climate Change
IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). (2011) Renewable Energy
Sources and Climate Change Mitigation: Special Report of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change. Edenhofer O, Madruga RP, Sokona Y, Seyboth K,
Eickemeier P, Matschoss P, Hansen G, Kadner S, Schlomer S, Zwickel T von
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CDM Hydro pipeline [a]
Country Total Installed CO2e[c] % of
projects[b] capacity average/yr total
(MW) (million t) CO2e
China 1,410 61,280 179.7 62.2
Brazil 117 8,495 17.8 6.2
Other non-Annex I[d] 774 88,577 91.4 31.6
Total 2,301 158,352 288.9 100.0
[a] as of 30 January 2012. Data from Chu (2012) based on the UNEP Risoe Centre (http://cdmpipeline.org/).
[b] Includes both "large" (defined by the CDM as > 15 MW) and "small" (≤ 15 MW) projects.
[c] 1 ton carbon-dioxide equivalent (CO2e) = 1 certified emissions reduction (CER).
[d]Countries without limits on their emissions under the Kyoto Protocol.
(Fearnside, 2013)
Fearnside, P.M. 2013. Credit for climate
mitigation by Amazonian dams: Loopholes
and impacts illustrated by Brazil’s Jirau
Hydroelectric Project. Carbon Management
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Fearnside, P.M. 2013. Carbon credit for
hydroelectric dams as a source of
greenhouse-gas emissions: The example of
Brazil’s Teles Pires Dam. Mitigation and
Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
18(5): 691-699. doi: 10.1007/s11027-012-9382-6
Foto: R.I. Barbosa
Laurance et al., 2014
Laurance et al., 2014
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