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Brazil
2023

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D-Index
57
Citations
16426
World Ranking
1744
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award
  • 1990 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

José Goldemberg is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Energy and Social Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Energy Engineering and Power Technology.

Their research topics encompass Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies; Energy, Environment, Economic Growth; Climate Change Policy and Economics; Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure; Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems; Education and Public Policy; and Social and Political Issues.

José Goldemberg has coauthored publications with several researchers including José Roberto Moreira, Sérgio Almeida Pacca, Cláudia Terezinha Kniess, Carlos Alberto Cioce Sampaio, and Arlindo Philippi.

They have published in various venues such as Energy Policy, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, Historia Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribeña (HALAC) revista de la Solcha, Revista Angelus Novus, and Estudos Avançados.

Their recent papers include:

  • A note on the effectiveness of the decline of the carbon intensity on carbon emissions (2022, Energy Policy)
  • The reduction of CO2e emissions in the transportation sector: Plug-in electric vehicles and biofuels (2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition)
  • 50 anos de Estocolmo'72 e 30 Anos da Rio'92: Reflexões sobre o Brasil Contemporânea e os Desafios para um Futuro Sustentável (2022, Historia Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribeña (HALAC) revista de la Solcha)
  • A autonomia financeira das universidades (2020, Revista Angelus Novus)
  • As expectativas para a COP30 em Belém (2025, Estudos Avançados)

José Goldemberg was awarded the title of Fellow by The World Academy of Sciences in 1990.

Best Publications

  • Ethanol for a Sustainable Energy Future

    José Goldemberg

  • The sustainability of ethanol production from sugarcane

    José Goldemberg;Suani Teixeira Coelho;Patricia Guardabassi

  • Energy for a Sustainable World

    J. Goldemberg;T.B. Johansson;A.K.N. Reddy;R.H. Williams

  • A future for carbon taxes

    Andrea Baranzini;José Goldemberg;Stefan Speck

  • World energy assessment : energy and the challenge of sustainability

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  • Energia, Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento

    José Goldemberg;Oswaldo Lucon

  • Ethanol learning curve—the Brazilian experience

    José Goldemberg;Suani Teixeira Coelho;Plinio Mário Nastari;Oswaldo Lucon

  • The alcohol program

    Jose R Moreira;Jose Goldemberg

  • Sustainable Biofuels Redux

    G. Philip Robertson;Virginia H. Dale;Otto C. Doering;Steven P. Hamburg

  • Energia e meio ambiente no Brasil

    José Goldemberg;Oswaldo Lucon

  • Foreign direct investment and decoupling between energy and gross domestic product in developing countries

    Otavio Mielnik;José Goldemberg

  • The Brazilian biofuels industry

    José Goldemberg

  • Renewable energy—traditional biomass vs. modern biomass

    José Goldemberg;Suani Teixeira Coelho

  • Leapfrog energy technologies

    J. Goldemberg

  • CETESB Companhia de Tecnologia de Saneamento Ambiental

    Governo Do;Estado De São;Paulo Secretaria;Do Meio Ambiente

  • World Energy Assessment Overview: 2004 Update

    José Goldemberg;Thomas B. Johansson;Suani Teixeira Coelho

  • Communication The evolution of the “carbonization index” in developing countries

    Otavio Mielnik;José Goldemberg

  • Are biofuels a feasible option

    José Goldemberg;Patricia Guardabassi

  • Biomassa e energia

    José Goldemberg

  • Energy for the Developing World

    Amulya K. N. Reddy;Jose Goldemberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Marilyn A. Brown
Marilyn A. Brown Georgia Institute of Technology
Stephen H. Schneider
Stephen H. Schneider Stanford University
Hashem Akbari
Hashem Akbari Concordia University
Dennis S. Ojima
Dennis S. Ojima Colorado State University
Andrew N. Sharpley
Andrew N. Sharpley University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Michelle M. Wander
Michelle M. Wander University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri
Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri Universidade de São Paulo
Jacob N. Barney
Jacob N. Barney Virginia Tech
Heitor Cantarella
Heitor Cantarella IAC (United States)
Carlos Clemente Cerri
Carlos Clemente Cerri Universidade de São Paulo

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