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BONHAM CONSULTING
BRAZIL WORKING GROUP
Arnold BascombeCarol McCann
Tony McGovern
BRAZIL’S CLIMATE CHANGE POSITIONS
BRAZIL’S CLIMATE CHANGE POSITIONS
• Burden Sharing – Common but differentiated responsibility – Based on emission levels.
• Willing to accept targets – only under common but differentiated responsibility
• Legally binding emission targets – only developed nations which bear greater responsibility for greenhouse emissions.
• Supports Carbon Trading – Initially opposed • Supports Clean Development Mechanism • Mitigation - prevention of deforestation, and boosting the use
of bioenergy.
BRAZIL EXPORT COMPOSITION1975 2006
Mineral F uels 1%
C hemicals 4%
Mis c . Manufactured
artic l.3%
Mach. and Trans p eqiup
5%
Manufactured G oods 11%
Animals & Vegetable Oils
9%
C rude Materials 19%
F ood and L ive Animals
48%
C hemicals 7%
B everages and Tobacco
1%
F ood and L ive Animals
18%
C rude Materials
16%
Mineral F uels 8%
Animals & V egetable Oils
1%
Manufactured G oods
18%
Mach. and Trans p eqiup
25%
Mis c . Manufactured
artic l.4%
C omm & Trans not C las s .
2%
Sugar exports over the period 1975-2005 fell from 13.2% - 3.3% - Showing reduction in Sugar exports to duel ethanol production
Ethanol in Brazil (Sugar Cane) Compared to Ethanol in US (Corn)
Characteristic Brazil U.S.
Total arable land 355 270(1) Million hectares. (1) Only contiguous U.S. (excludes Alaska)
Total area used for ethanol crop
3.6 (1%) 10 (3.7%)
Million hectares (% total arable)
Productivity per hectare 7,500 3,000 Liters of ethanol per hectare. Brazil is 727 to 870 gal/acre (2006), US is 321 gal/acre (2005/06)
Energy balance (input energy productivity)
8-9 times
1,3-1,6 times
Ratio energy expended in production/energy obtained from ethanol
Ethanol fueling stations in the counrty
33,000 (100%)
873 (0,5%)
As % of total fueling gas stations in the country. U.S. has 170,000 (see Inslee, op cit pp. 161)
Fuel ethanol used on transportation
40% 3.6% As % of the country's total fuel consumption on a volumetric basis
Cost of production (USD/gallon)
0.83 1.14 2006/2007 for Brazil (22¢/liter), 2004 for U.S. (35¢/liter)
Government subsidy (in USD)
0 0,51/bushel
U.S. as of 2008-04-30. Brazilian ethanol production is no longer subsidized.
BRAZIL: Leader in Agricultural Technology and Innovation
REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS
REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS
MAKE OTHER COUNTRIES MORE
EFFICIENT
MAKE OTHER COUNTRIES MORE
EFFICIENT
REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS
REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS
MAKE OTHER COUNTRIES MORE
EFFICIENT
MAKE OTHER COUNTRIES MORE
EFFICIENT