Last week, at the annual EU-Brazil Summit, the EU and Brazil have been discussing how to jointly tackle our global challenges – chief among them trade, climate change and economic growth. For the last four summits, leaders have pledged their unwavering commitment to work together. But were there actual results?
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“Brazil Week” Spotlights EU-Brazil Relations
For five years now, European and Brazilian policy makers and officials convene to exchange views on big ticket issues for Brazil and the EU. This week they will meet in Brussels – what better place if you want to advance some critical issues between major trading blocs. The Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and business leaders plan to discuss ways to tackle common global challenges and work on strengthening ties between the EU and Brazil. Renewable energy is important to Brazil so we can safely assume it will feature on the agenda. As most involved parties, we too recognize that there is a lot to gain from a dynamic strategic partnership. Climate change, competitiveness, innovation and trade are global challenges, and they require global solutions. But most of all they require a genuine level playing field.
“Brazil Week” Spotlights EU-Brazil Relations
For five years now, European and Brazilian policy makers and officials convene to exchange views on big ticket issues for Brazil and the EU. This week they will meet in Brussels – what better place if you want to advance some critical issues between major trading blocs. The Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and business leaders plan to discuss ways to tackle common global challenges and work on strengthening ties between the EU and Brazil. Renewable energy is important to Brazil so we can safely assume it will feature on the agenda. As most involved parties, we too recognize that there is a lot to gain from a dynamic strategic partnership. Climate change, competitiveness, innovation and trade are global challenges, and they require global solutions. But most of all they require a genuine level playing field.

ORGANIC CARBON STOCKS IN SOILS PLANTED TO SUGARCANE IN THE MID-SOUTH REGION OF BRAZIL: A SUMMARY OF CTC’S DATA, 1990 -2009
This report was prepared by Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira – CTC, Piracicaba –Brazil, successor of Centro de Tecnologia Copersucar founded in 1969. The present CTC is a nationally and internationally well known private organization dedicated to research and technology transfer to the agro-industrial sector of sugarcane.

After all, what does the country expect from the sugar-energy industry?
Since the introduction of flex-fuel vehicles by the Brazilian auto Industry in 2003, the sugar-energy industry has grown dramatically, in a manner previously seen only at the height of the “Proálcool” program during the 1980s.

Carbon storage in sugarcane fields of Brazilian South-Central region
The questions on the change in carbon storage caused by land use change led to the search for a methodology to estimate carbon storage in sugarcane fields, covering crop features of Brazilian farming system.

UNICA’s Comments to CARB: Comments on Advisory Panel August Meeting’s Documents
The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) welcomes the opportunity to provide specific comments on the August meeting’s documents, which the staff of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) published on August 25, 2011.
Ethanol – a new growth cycle
Brazilian consumers were shaken up in recent weeks by the steep price of ethanol at pumps throughout the country. People wonder why this happened and if it will happen again in the future. The most radical critics even said we could be facing a potential fuel shortage and raised doubts about the very future of ethanol. All of this calls for a careful analysis of the issues.
Ethanol – a new growth cycle
Brazilian consumers were shaken up in recent weeks by the steep price of ethanol at pumps throughout the country. People wonder why this happened and if it will happen again in the future. The most radical critics even said we could be facing a potential fuel shortage and raised doubts about the very future of ethanol. All of this calls for a careful analysis of the issues.

Renovação – Requalification Program for Sugarcane Rural Workers
O setor sucroenergético realiza um dos maiores programas do mundo em treinamento e qualificação de cortadores de cana-de-açúcar, seus familiares e membros das comunidades envolvidas, para capacitar mão-de-obra deslocada da queima manual no Estado de São Paulo.