Sugar

March 9 2012
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This article in the Copenhagen Post covers reactions to the Danish government’s proposal to tax sugar  in a manner similar to last year’s introduction of a...

December 2 2008

Goldemberg J. (2007). "Ethanol for a sustainable energy future". Science, Vol. 315. no. 5813, pp. 808 - 810, looks at the various renewable energy options, focusing particularly on ethanol produced from sugar cane in Brazil. It argues that...

December 2 2008
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Renouf M A and Wegener M K (2007) Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) of sugarcane production and processing in Australia. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, Vol. 29, 2007

December 2 2008

Ramjeawon T (2004). Life Cycle Assessment of Cane-Sugar on the Island of Mauritius

November 27 2008
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British Sugar is investing ~£20m in energy reduction projects over the next 3 years. They vary from small projects such as more efficient lighting, to investment in heat recovery, energy recapture and the use of biogas as an alternative fuel. Between...

May 1 2007

This study, "Impacts of Changes in Key EU Policies on Trade and Production Displacement of Sugar and Soy", by Annie Dufey, David Baldock & Martin Farmer (commissioned by WWF for IIED, with the collaboration of IEEP) while not specifically climate...

May 1 2007

Tzilivakis J, Warner D J, May M Lewis K A. Jaggard K (2005) An assessment of the energy inputs and greenhouse gas emissions in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) production in the UK Agricultural Systems 85 101-119. This study looks at the energy...