Abstract The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide guide-posts to
society as it attempts to respond to an array of pressing challenges. One of these challenges …

Bioenergy deployment offers significant potential for climate change mitigation, but also
carries considerable risks. In this review, we bring together perspectives of various …

This chapter takes sustainable development as the starting point and focus for analysis. It
considers the broad and multifaceted bi-directional interplay between sustainable …

Land area devoted to sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) production in Brazil has increased from
2 million to 10 million ha over the past four decades. Studies have shown that, from an …

This paper analyzes the socio-economic impacts of the Brazilian sugar cane industry,
examining the characteristics of the workforce, pay and working conditions. It also examines …

Brazil is the largest producer of sugarcane ethanol worldwide (28 billion litres in 2013) and
its production is expected to increase substantially in the coming years. As the sugarcane …

The text that follows provides an overview of interactions at the goal level between sdg 7–
the 'entry level goal'for this assessment–and the other 16 sdgs. Taking into account all the …

Abstract During the 2000–2008 period, there was a marked acceleration in the growth of the
sugarcane, sugar, and ethanol sectors of Brazil, which are most active in the south-central …

A key question for food, biofuels, and bioproducts production is how agriculture affects the
environment, and social and economic development. In Brazil, a large agricultural producer …

This chapter describes some of the scientific and technological achievements that have
contributed to develop sugarcane bioenergy as a major contributor to the Brazilian energy …