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information » Environmental overview |
| Minister of Environment:
Jose Sarney Filho Total Energy Consumption (1999E): 8.5 quadrillion Btu* (2.2% of world total energy consumption) Energy-Related Carbon Emissions (1999E): 88.9 million metric tons of carbon (1.4% of world carbon emissions) Per Capita Energy Consumption (1999E): 51.9 million Btu (vs. U.S. value of 355.8 million Btu) Per Capita Carbon Emissions (1999E): 0.54 metric tons of carbon (vs U.S. value of 5.5 metric tons of carbon) Energy Intensity (1999E): 14,696 Btu/ $1990 (vs U.S. value of 12,638 Btu/ $1990)** Carbon Intensity (1999E): 0.15 metric tons of carbon/thousand $1990 (vs U.S. value of 0.19 metric tons/thousand $1990)** Sectoral Share of Energy Consumption (1998E): Industrial (51.5%), Transportation (23.3%), Residential (15.9%), Commercial (9.3%) Sectoral Share of Carbon Emissions (1998E): Industrial (48.6%), Transportation (41.8%), Residential (7.4%), Commercial (2.2%) Fuel Share of Energy Consumption (1999E): Natural Gas (2.9%), Oil (46.8%), Coal (6.4%) Fuel Share of Carbon Emissions (1999E): Oil (79.7%), Natural Gas (5.2%), Coal (15.1%) Renewable Energy Consumption (1998E): 4,573 trillion Btu* (4% increase from 1997) Number of People per Motor Vehicle (1998): 12.9 (vs U.S. value of 1.3) Status in Climate Change Negotiations: Non-Annex I country under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (ratified June 4th, 1992). Signatory to the Kyoto Protocol (April 29th, 1998). Major Environmental Issues: Deforestation in Amazon Basin destroys the habitat and endangers the existence of a multitude of plant and animal species indigenous to the area; air and water pollution in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and several other large cities; land degradation and water pollution caused by improper mining activities Major International Environmental Agreements: A party to the Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands and Whaling. * The total energy consumption statistic includes petroleum, dry natural gas, coal, net hydro, nuclear, geothermal, solar, wind, wood and waste electric power. The renewable energy consumption statistic is based on International Energy Agency (IEA) data and includes hydropower, solar, wind, tide, geothermal, solid biomass and animal products, biomass gas and liquids, industrial and municipal wastes. Sectoral shares of energy consumption and carbon emissions are also based on IEA data. ** GDP based on EIA International Energy Annual 2000. |
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