Brazil’s sugarcane embitters the EU-Mercosur trade talks

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dc.bibliographicCitation.titleScientific Reporten
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume11(1)es_ES
dc.contributor.authorFollador, Marcoes_ES
dc.contributor.authorSoares-Filho, Britaldo Silveiraes_ES
dc.contributor.authorPhilippidis, Georgees_ES
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Juliana Leroyes_ES
dc.contributor.authorde Oliveira, Amanda Ribeiroes_ES
dc.contributor.authorRajao, Raonies_ES
dc.coverage.spatialEconomía agroalimentariaes_ES
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-22T08:32:31Z
dc.date.available2021-07-22T08:32:31Z
dc.date.issued2021es_ES
dc.description.abstractThe Brazilian government’s decision to open the Amazon biome to sugarcane expansion reignited EU concerns regarding the sustainability of Brazil’s sugar sector, hindering the ratification of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. Meanwhile, in the EU, certain conventional biofuels face stricter controls, whilst uncertainty surrounding the commercialisation of more sustainable advanced-biofuels renders bioethanol as a short- to medium-term fix. This paper examines Brazil’s land-use changes and associated greenhouse gas emissions arising from an EU driven ethanol import policy and projections for other 13 biocommodities. Results suggest that Brazil’s sugarcane could satisfy growing ethanol demand and comply with EU environmental criteria, since almost all sugarcane expansion is expected to occur on long-established pasturelands in the South and Midwest. However, expansion of sugarcane is also driven by competition for viable lands with other relevant commodities, mainly soy and beef. As a result, deforestation trends in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes linked to soy and beef production could jeopardize Brazil’s contribution to the Paris agreement with an additional 1 ± 0.3 billion CO2eq tonnes above its First NDC target by 2030. Trade talks with a narrow focus on a single commodity could thus risk unsustainable outcomes, calling for systemic sustainability benchmarks, should the deal be ratified.en
dc.description.statusPublishedes_ES
dc.identifier.citationScientific Reports, vol. 11, num. 1, (2021)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10532/5491
dc.language.isoenes_ES
dc.relation.doi10.1038/s41598-021-93349-8es_ES
dc.relation.urihttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-93349-8es_ES
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/*
dc.subject.agrovocUtilización de la tierraes
dc.subject.agrovocGases de efecto invernaderoes
dc.subject.agrovocEmisiones de gases de efecto invernaderoes
dc.subject.agrovocCaña de azúcares
dc.subject.agrovocBrasiles
dc.titleBrazil’s sugarcane embitters the EU-Mercosur trade talksen
dc.typeJournal Contribution*
dc.type.refereedRefereedes_ES
dc.type.specifiedArticlees_ES

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