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Presentation of the lecture by Martin Parry (20/10/2008)
Published on February 16, 2009The lecture "Our current knowledge about the impacts of climate change and the challenge for adaptation", with Martin Parry, from the Imperial College Centre for Environmental Policy in London, took place on 30 October at FAPESP’s headquarters, in São Paulo. Parry was co-president of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 2 in the Fourth Assessment Report of 2007. The lecture (pdf with 4.6 MB) can be found at: www.fapesp.br/pfpmcg/parry.pdf -
International Workshop Evaluation of the Stern Review (3/11/2008)
Published on February 16, 2009The international workshop “Evaluation of the Stern Review”, in the presence of Sir Nicholas Stern, first holder of IG Patel Chair in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, took place on 3 November at FAPESP’s headquarters. The English economics professor was chief economist and vice-president of the World Bank. The Stern Report, published in October 2006, describes the global climate changes as an economic externality and that the mitigation, or [...] -
Brazil world leader in sugarcane and ethanol knowledge and technology - FAPESP's contribuition
Published on November 20, 2008FAPESP has always been attentive to the importance of sugarcane and ethanol to the State of São Paulo economy, and has continued to make a significant contribution to the advance in scientific knowledge and technology in the sector. The State of São Paulo Research Foundation has supported, and continues to support a large number of research projects centered on diverse topics related to the sugarcane cultivation, its industrial uses, and to ethanol. These are research activities undertaken [...] -
News about BIOEN and FAPESP's publications on bioenergy (in portuguese)
Published on November 20, 2008NEWS: [link=5333]Integrated indices[/link] Agência FAPEP - 14/08/2009 texto [link=5332]Environmental equation[/link] Agência FAPESP - 12/08/2009 texto [link=5331]Green gasoline[/link] Agência FAPESP - 11/08/2009 texto [link=5330]Genome kickoff[/link] Agência FAPESP - 30/07/2009 texto PUBLICATIONS: [link=2919]Brasil líder mundial em conhecimento e tecnologia de cana e etanol – A contribuição da [...] -
Sugarcane Genomics Workshop (August 4th, 2008)
Published on November 20, 200810h30 – Sugarcane Genomics Workshop - BIOEN Prof. Dr. Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Diretor Científico, FAPESP 10h45 – Sequencing eukaryotic genomes; lessons from the past and taking into account the new high/ultra-high throughput sequencing machines Prof. Dr. Francis Quetier, Genoscope, França 11h15 – The Sorghum bicolor genome as a foundation for dissecting the productivity of Saccharinae grasses Prof. Dr. Andrew H. Paterson, Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, [...] -
Realizing Cellulosic Biofuels and Benefiting the Environment (November 17, 2008)
Published on November 20, 2008The presentation The Energy Biosciences Institute – Realizing Cellulosic Biofuels and Benefiting the Environment, with Dr. Stephen Long, deputy director for the Energy Biosciences Institute, was presented at FAPESP in November 17th, 2008. Long is professor for the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Energy Biosciences Institute is a new research and development [...] -
Expositions
Published on November 10, 2008Biota-FAPESP Program and biodiversity expositions: Brazilian Nature - Mystery and Destiny Flora Brasiliensis On-line Biota – Cores e Sombras -
BIOTA
Published on November 07, 2008BIOTA-FAPESP program website: www.biota.org.br The Research Program on Biodiversity Characterization, Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Use (BIOTA-FAPESP) is the result of articulations from São Paulo’s Scientific Community around the premises of the Convention on Biological Diversity signed at ECO-92 meeting and ratified by Brazilian National Congress in 1994. The BIOTA-FAPESP program was launched in March, 1999. The objective of the [...] -
I Symposium on Cellulosic Ethanol (September 9th and 10th, 2008)
Published on September 03, 2008SEPTEMBER 9th 9h00 Welcome Coffee 10h00 Opening section Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz Scientific Director, FAPESP Marcos S. Buckeridge Symposium organizer 10h30 [...] -
Launch ceremony and Call for Proposals under the FAPESP Research Program on Global Climate Change
Published on August 28, 2008Program 8h30 Opening 9h00 Brazil and Global Climate change - Prof. Fernando Henrique Cardoso 9h30 Interval for departure of Prof. Fernando Henrique Cardoso 9h45 FAPESP and Global Climate Changes - Prof. Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz – Scientific Director of FAPESP 10h15 Climate Changes - Prof. Carlos Afonso Nobre – Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies of the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) 10h45 Climate Changes, Ecosystems and [...] -
FAPESP Research Program on Global Climate Change
Published on August 28, 2008Portuguese version The FAPESP Research Program on Global Climate Change - (RPGCC) aims at advancing knowledge on Global Climate Change. The foundation expects that the results of the selected research projects will assist in scientifically orienting decisions and policy in the field. The Program will have a substantial technological component for the development of the appropriate technologies for the future, not merely concerning innovative technologies for the mitigation of emissions, but [...] -
Workshop FAPESP on Research into Bioenergy and Launch of FAPESP Research Program into Bioenergy - BIOEN (3/7/2008)
Published on July 30, 20089h FAPESP and Bioenergy Research Dr. Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz Scientific Director FAPESP 9h30 The BIOEN Program Dra. Glaucia Souza Instituto de Química da USP 9h50 [...] -
BIOEN, FAPESP Bioenergy Research Program
Published on June 30, 2008Versão em português desta página BIOEN Program web site: http://bioenfapesp.org The BIOEN, FAPESP Bioenergy Research Program aims at articulating public and private R&D, using academic and industrial laboratories to advance and apply knowledge in fields related to ethanol production in Brazil. The BIOEN Program includes five divisions: Division of Biomass Research, with focus on sugarcane and including plant improvement and sugarcane farming; Division of [...] -
Production Engineeting
Published on November 23, 2005Coordinator Area Institution [link=381]Luiz Antonio Nogueira Lorena[/link] Inst. Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais S.J.Campos/INPE- SCTPR [link=382]Marcos Nereu Arenales and Paulo Morelato França[/link] Inst. Ciências Matemáticas Computação São Carlos USP -
Philosophy
Published on November 23, 2005Coordinator Area Institution [link=319]Marco Antônio de Ávila Zingano[/link] Fac. Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas USP [link=320]Ricardo Ribeiro Terra[/link] Centro Brasileiro Análise Planejamento PART.