Publications: South & Central America

Journal Article
Contribution of double-cropped maize ethanol in Brazil to sustainable development

Gurgel, A.C., J.E.A.Seabra, S.M. Arantes, M.M.R. Moreira, L. R. Lynd and R. Galindo  (2024).
Nature Sustainability, doi: 10.1038/s41893-024-01424-5

Journal Article
Pumped-hydro storage plants influencing the optimal hourly dispatch in hydro-thermal systems with massive integration of variable renewable energy

Vitorino, R.N., D. S. Ramos, K. Tapia-Ahumada, S. Paltsev and J. Reilly (2023).
Electric Power Systems Research, 220, 109282 (doi: 10.1016/j.epsr.2023.109282)

Journal Article
Economic Dispatch Considering Hourly Capacity Allocation with a Variable Renewable and Hydro-Based Generation Portfolio

Vitorino, R.N., D.S. Ramos, K. Tapia-Ahumada, S. Paltsev and J.M. Reilly (2022).
Energy and Power Engineering, 14(10) (doi: 10.4236/epe.2022.1410032)

Conference Proceedings Paper
Health impacts of smoke exposure in South America: Increased risk for populations in the Amazonian Indigenous territories

Bonilla, E., . . ., S.D. Eastham, et al.  (2022).
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, GH36A-07

Conference Proceedings Paper
Advances in Simulating the Global Spatial Heterogeneity of Air Quality and Source Sector Contributions: Insights into the Global South

Zhang, D., . . ., S.D. Eastham and A. von Donkelaar (2022).
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, A15O-1434

Journal Article
The Impacts of the Brazilian NDC and their contribution to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

Gurgel, A.C., S. Paltsev and G.V. Breviglieri (2019).
Energy and Development Economics, 1-18 (doi:10.1017/S1355770X1900007X)

Special Report
Pathways to Paris: Latin America

Paltsev, S., M. Mehling, N. Winchester, J. Morris and K. Ledvina (2018).
MIT Joint Program Special Report, [Download]

Journal Article
Agriculture, forestry, and other land-use emissions in Latin America

Calvin, K.V., R. Beach, A. Gurgel, M. Labriet and A.M.L. Rodriguez (2016).
Energy Economics, 56(May 2016): 615–624 (doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2015.03.020) [Read Full Article]

Journal Article
Baseline projections for Latin America: base-year assumptions, key drivers and greenhouse emissions

Van Ruijven, B., K. Daenzer, K. Fihser-Vanden, T. Kober, S. Paltsev, R. Beach, S. Calderon, K. Calvin, M. Labriet, A. Kitous, A. Lucena and D. van Vuuren (2016).
Energy Economics, 56, 498-511 [Read Full Article]

Journal Article
Climate Policy Scenarios in Brazil: A Multi-Model Comparison for Energy

Lucena, A.F.P., L. Clarke, R. Schaeffer, A. Szklo, P.R.R. Rochedo, L.P.P. Nogueira, K. Daenzer, A. Gurgel, A. Kitous and T. Kober (2016).
Energy Economics, 56(May): 564–574 [Read Full Article]

Joint Program Reprint, Journal Article
Climate change policy in Brazil and Mexico: Results from the MIT EPPA model
Reprint 2015-7

Octaviano, C., S. Paltsev and A.C. Gurgel (2015).
Energy Economics, 56, 600-614 (doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.04.007) [Download]

Conference Proceedings Paper
Costs of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Brazil

Gurgel, A. and S. Paltsev (2012).
Conference Proceedings, Global Trade Analysis Project 15th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Geneva, Switzerland, June 27-29) [Read Full Article]

Conference Proceedings Paper
Comparison of Aerosol Optical Properties and High Spatial Resolution Retrievals with MODIS in Sao Paulo, Mexico City and Beijing Mega-cities

Castanho, A.D., L.T. Molina, R.G. Prinn and P. Artaxo (2007).
Eos Transactions, AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., abstract A43A-17 [Read Full Article]

Joint Program Report
What Drives Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon?
Report 16

Pfaff, A. (1996).
Joint Program Report Series, 46 pages [Download]