Newton Fund: Links 2015 - Linkages between energy, food and water consumption for Brazil in the context of climate change mitigation strategies

该合作研究项目结合了剑桥大学、南圣卡塔琳娜大学和圣保罗天主教大学的定性和定量研究能力，在减缓气候变化战略的背景下分析巴西能源、粮食和水消耗之间的联系。该项目涉及在英国和巴西合作伙伴的密切合作下，为研究巴西能源和农业部门的技术和法律上可行的配置制定一个中长期研究计划。该项目将围绕未来技术转型（FTT）的技术和决策扩散模型方法的使用展开，该方法由j - f博士领导的一个由4名研究人员组成的团队在剑桥开发。以及全球宏观计量经济学模型E3ME （www.e3me.com）。这种能力将与由维努莱斯教授领导的一个国际领先的研究小组联系起来，研究能源和可持续发展政策的政治和法律分析。感兴趣的主题将包括与能源和农业部门有关的淡水和土地利用变化，使用能源和农业部门的金融交易税模块（金融交易税：电力，金融交易税：农业）。有针对性的分析将包括当地和国际粮食需求、贸易，以及低碳创新的发展和新技术在能源和农业部门的推广所带来的就业变化。FTT由剑桥大学运营，而E3ME由剑桥计量经济有限公司维护、运营和开发，该公司将负责培训巴西研究人员使用E3ME-FTT平台。通过对法律和治理背景及其跨部门影响的详细分析，该项目将审查巴西实际和预期的缓解政策，并通过与当地专家（尤其是来自城市规划和规划委员会的专家）密切合作，深入了解当地的挑战和机遇，为其提供便利。积极合作和发展当地分析能力将为能力建设和知识共享提供支持。对所分析的巴西政策中环境和社会行动之间相互作用的进一步了解，可以加强将气候行动纳入该国更广泛的发展议程的一般基础。这个网络项目的一个重要部分旨在通过交换计算工具和培训，向圣卡塔琳娜大学和圣保罗天主教大学的研究人员建立新的研究能力，这些研究人员积极参与与当地决策者的接触。他们将学习如何使用剑桥大学开发的E3ME-FTT计算平台，研究巴西当地与能源、食品和水相关的具体问题，并帮助制定与政策制定相关的见解。与此同时，巴西合作伙伴将提供有关当地相关问题的宝贵背景知识，使研究与决策相关，从而影响农村地区和低收入社区的生计。本网络项目的活动可分为六个主要类别：(1)协调会议(2)国际会议(3)培训(4)。出版物(5)。网络(6)。这一联网项目的预期结果是设计一个强大和连贯的研究人员联盟，涵盖巴西气候变化缓解政策背景下能源-水-粮食关系的所有相关方面：可持续发展（经济、能源、农业）建模和案例研究、环境政策和法律，以及与巴西网络的紧密联系，以确保产生持续影响。

The collaborative research project combines the qualitative and quantitative research capabilities of the University of Cambridge, the Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, and the Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo to analyse the linkages between energy, food and water consumption for Brazil, in the context of climate change mitigation strategies.This project concerns developing a mid- to long-term research programme for the study of technically and legally feasible configurations of the Brazilian energy and agriculture sector in close collaboration between the UK and Brazilian partners. This project will revolve around the use of the technology and decision diffusion model methodology Future Technology Transformations (FTT), under development in Cambridge by a team of 4 researchers led Dr. J.-F. Mercure, along with the global macroeconometric model E3ME (www.e3me.com). This capacity will be linked to an internationally leading research team headed by Prof. Vinuales on political and legal analysis of energy and sustainable development policy. Among subjects of interest will be freshwater and land use changes in relation to the energy and agricultural sectors, using both the FTT modules for the energy and agricultural sectors (FTT:Power, FTT:Agriculture). The targeted analysis will include local and international food demand, trade, as well as changes in employment generated by the development of low-carbon innovations and the diffusion of new technology in both the energy and agriculture sectors. While FTT is operated by the University of Cambridge, E3ME is maintained, operated and developed by Cambridge Econometrics Ltd, who will be in charge of training the Brazilian researchers in the use of the platform E3ME-FTT.Through detailed analysis of the legal and governance contexts and their cross-sectoral impacts, the project will examine actual and prospective mitigation policies for Brazil, facilitated through close collaboration with local experts, most notably from the PUC-SP, with insights into the local challenges and opportunities. The active collaboration and the development of local analysis capabilities will provide support for capacity-building and knowledge-sharing. Enhanced understanding of the interactions between environmental and societal actions in analysed policies for Brazil could strengthen the generic basis for integration of climate action in the broader development agenda of the country.A significant part of this networking project aims at building new research capacity, through the exchange of computational tools and training, to researchers from Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina and Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo, who are actively involved in engaging local policy-makers. They will learn how to use the computational platforms E3ME-FTT developed in Cambridge to study specific locally relevant issues of energy, food and water linkages for Brazil, and help devise insight relevant for policy-making. Meanwhile, the Brazilian partners will provide invaluable contextual knowledge on locally relevant issues such that the research has relevance for policy-making, which could impact livelihoods in rural areas and low-income communities.The activities of this networking project can be divided into six main categories:(1.) Coordination Meetings (2.) International Conference (3.) Training (4.) Publications (5.) Network (6.) Public AwarenessThe expected result of this networking project is to design a strong and coherent consortium of researchers covering all relevant aspects of the Energy-Water-Food nexus in the context of climate change mitigation policy in Brazil: sustainable development (economics, energy, agriculture) modelling and case studies, environmental policy and law, and a strong connection to networks in Brazil in order to ensure sustained impact.