Sugarcane Ethanol Contributions to Climate Change Mitigation and the Environment

• Foreword - José Goldemberg, professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil
• Executive summary
• Chapter 1 Introduction to sugarcane ethanol contributions to climate change mitigation and the environment - Peter Zuurbier and Jos van de Vooren
  1. Introduction
  2. Biofuels
  3. Bioethanol
  4. Production and use of bioethanol
  5. Where does it come from: the feedstock for ethanol
  6. Brazil as main exporter
  7. What makes the ethanol attractive?
  8. The core of the debate
  9. Structure of the book
      References

• Chapter 2 Land use dynamics and sugarcane production - Günther Fischer, Edmar Teixeira, Eva Tothne Hizsnyik and Harrij van Velthuizen
  1. Historical scale and dynamics of sugarcane production
  2. Global potential for expansion of sugarcane production
      References

• Chapter 3 Prospects of the sugarcane expansion in Brazil: impacts on direct and indirect land use changes - André Meloni Nassar, Bernardo F.T. Rudorff, Laura Barcellos Antoniazzi, Daniel Alves de Aguiar, Miriam Rumenos Piedade Bacchi and Marcos Adami
  1. Introduction
  2. The dynamics of sugarcane expansion in Brazil
  3. Methodology
  4. Results and discussions
  5. Conclusions and recommendations
      References

• Chapter 4 Mitigation of GHG emissions using sugarcane bioethanol - Isaias C. Macedo and Joaquim E.A. Seabra
  1. Introduction
  2. Ethanol production in 2006 and two Scenarios for 2020
  3. Energy flows and lifecycle GHG emissions/mitigation
  4. Land use change: direct and indirect effects on GHG emissions
  5. Conclusions
      References

• Chapter 5 Environmental sustainability of sugarcane ethanol in Brazil - Weber Antônio Neves do Amaral, João Paulo Marinho, Rudy Tarasantchi, Augusto Beber and Eduardo Giuliani
  1. Introduction
  2. The Brazilian environmental legal framework regulating ethanol production
  3. Environmental indicators
  4. Initiatives towards ethanol certification and compliance
  5. Future steps towards sustainable production of ethanol and the role of innovation
      References

• Chapter 6 Demand for bioethanol for transport - Andre Faaij, Alfred Szwarc and Arnaldo Walter
  1. Introduction
  2. Development of the ethanol market
  3. Drivers for ethanol demand
  4. Future ethanol markets
  5. Discussion and final remarks
      References

• Chapter 7 Biofuel conversion technologies - Andre Faaij
  1. Introduction
  2. Long term potential for biomass resources.
  3. Technological developments in biofuel production
  4. Energy and greenhouse gas balances of biofuels
  5. Final remarks
      References

• Chapter 8 The global impacts of US and EU biofuels policies - Wallace E. Tyner
  1. Introduction
  2. Ethanol economics and policy
  3. Impacts of US and EU policies on the rest of the world
  4. Conclusions
      Acknowledgements
      References

• Chapter 9 Impacts of sugarcane bioethanol towards the Millennium Development Goals - Annie Dufey
  1. Introduction
  2. Opportunities for sugarcane bioethanol in achieving sustainable development and the Millennium Development Goals
  3. Risks and challenges
  4. Conclusions
      References

• Chapter 10 Why are current food prices so high? - Martin Banse, Peter Nowicki and Hans van Meijl
  1. IWorld agricultural prices in a historical perspective
  2. Long run effects
  3. What explains the recent increase in agricultural prices?
  4. First quantitative results of the analysis of key driving factors
  5. The future
  6. Concluding remarks
      Acknowledgements
      References

• Acknowledgements - Peter Zuurbier and Jos van de Vooren

• Authors

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