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Overcoming the financial barrier to a low emission development strategy in Brazil

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  • La Rovere, E.L.
  • Grottera, C.
  • Wills, W.

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This paper presents two low GHG emission scenarios for Brazil up to 2050, and discusses the impact in the implementation of a deep decarbonization scenario of a financial device allowing for decreasing capital costs of mitigation investments. Specifically, we consider (i) a governmental plan scenario assuming the achievement of NDC targets up to 2030 and the extension of current policies up to 2050; and (ii) a deep decarbonization scenario leading to a national GHG emission pathway compatible with an international effort targeted to stabilize the global temperature at 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. We present a comparative analysis of the scenario results for key economic and social indicators, and simulate the adoption of a new financial device allowing to decrease capital costs of low carbon investments in Brazil. Our conclusions highlight the potential of innovative financial mechanisms to foster the transition to a low carbon society in developing countries, as illustrated in the case of Brazil.

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  • La Rovere, E.L. & Grottera, C. & Wills, W., 2018. "Overcoming the financial barrier to a low emission development strategy in Brazil," International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 155(C), pages 61-68.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:inteco:v:155:y:2018:i:c:p:61-68
    DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2017.12.004
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    1. Paola D'Orazio, 2022. "Mapping the emergence and diffusion of climate-related financial policies: Evidence from a cluster analysis on G20 countries," International Economics, CEPII research center, issue 169, pages 135-147.
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    4. William Wills & Emilio Lebre La Rovere & Carolina Grottera & Giovanna Ferrazzo Naspolini & Gaëlle Le Treut & F. Ghersi & Julien Lefèvre & Carolina Burle Schmidt Dubeux, 2022. "Economic and social effectiveness of carbon pricing schemes to meet Brazilian NDC targets," Post-Print hal-03500923, HAL.
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    7. Haider Mahmood & Maham Furqan & Omar Ali Bagais, 2018. "Environmental Accounting of Financial Development and Foreign Investment: Spatial Analyses of East Asia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-16, December.
    8. Guangyue Xu & Juanjuan Li & Peter M. Schwarz & Hualiu Yang & Huiying Chang, 2022. "Rural financial development and achieving an agricultural carbon emissions peak: an empirical analysis of Henan Province, China," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 24(11), pages 12936-12962, November.

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    Keywords

    Climate change mitigation; Low emission development strategies; Deep decarbonization; Climate finance; Innovative financial devices; Brazil;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • P45 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - International Linkages
    • P18 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Energy; Environment
    • P43 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Finance; Public Finance
    • Q43 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Energy and the Macroeconomy

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