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Trindade studied [[Biofuel|biofuels]] and their sustainability extensively. He was a lead researcher and contributor to the [[Worldwatch Institute]]'s report on ''Biofuels for Transport: Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture'' (2012).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Worldwatch Institute |title=Biofuels for Transport: Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture |date=2012 |publisher=Earthscan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjw-UP43ylsC&pg=PR15 |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>
Trindade studied [[Biofuel|biofuels]] and their sustainability extensively. He was a lead researcher and contributor to the [[Worldwatch Institute]]'s report on ''Biofuels for Transport: Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture'' (2012).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Worldwatch Institute |title=Biofuels for Transport: Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture |date=2012 |publisher=Earthscan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjw-UP43ylsC&pg=PR15 |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>
In speaking about [[Ethanol fuel in Brazil|Brazilian ethanol]] made from [[sugarcane]], he said:<blockquote>When evaluating a fuel from an ecological point of view, it is necessary to analyze the entire chain of its production. The sugarcane ethanol produced in Brazil is the cleanest fuel ecologically, even taking into account that sugarcane harvesting is done in Brazil with the help of [[Controlled burn|controlled burning]] of the fields, in order to facilitate the cutting of the cane. (''Quando se avalia um combustível do ponto de vista ecológico, é preciso analisar toda a cadeia produtiva. O etanol de cana-de-açúcar produzido no Brasil é o combustível mais limpo ecologicamente, mesmo levando em conta que a colheita da cana é feita no Brasil com ajuda de queimadas controladas no terreno plantado, a fim de facilitar o corte.'')<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>
In speaking about [[Ethanol fuel in Brazil|Brazilian ethanol]] made from [[sugarcane]], he said:<blockquote>When evaluating a fuel from an ecological point of view, it is necessary to analyze the entire chain of its production. The sugarcane ethanol produced in Brazil is the cleanest fuel ecologically, even taking into account that sugarcane harvesting is done in Brazil with the help of [[Controlled burn|controlled burning]] of the fields, in order to facilitate the cutting of the cane. (''Quando se avalia um combustível do ponto de vista ecológico, é preciso analisar toda a cadeia produtiva. O etanol de cana-de-açúcar produzido no Brasil é o combustível mais limpo ecologicamente, mesmo levando em conta que a colheita da cana é feita no Brasil com ajuda de queimadas controladas no terreno plantado, a fim de facilitar o corte.'')<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>

He has written about the decision-making processes and the management of technological change, for the IPCC's 1991 ''Methodological and Technological Issues, In Technology Transfer: IPCC Special Report on Climate Change''<ref name="Scheffran">{{cite book |last1=Scheffran |first1=Jürgen |last2=Froese |first2=Rebecca |editor-last1=Brauch|editor-first1= H.|editor-last2= Oswald Spring |editor-first2=Ú.|editor-last3= Grin|editor-first3= J.|editor-last4= Scheffran |editor-first4=J. |title=Handbook on Sustainability Transition and Sustainable Peace |date=2016|chapter= Enabling Environments for Sustainable Energy Transitions: The Diffusion of Technology, Innovation and Investment in Low-Carbon Societies |series=Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace|volume= 10 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |location=Switzerland |isbn=978-3-319-43884-9 |pages=721–756 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43884-9_34 |language=en }}</ref><ref name="IPCC1991"><ref name="IPCC1991">{{cite book |last1=Trindade |first1=Sergio C.| chapter=Managing Technological Change in Support of the Climate Change Convention: Framework for Decision-Making |title=Methodological and Technological Issues, In Technology Transfer: IPCC Special Report on Climate Change. 1.3 |date=1991 |publisher=IPCC |url=https://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/tectran/360.htm}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==

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Sérgio Campos Trindade (14 December 1940[1] — 18 March 2020) was a Brazilian chemical engineer and researcher, specialist in renewable energies and consultant in sustainable business. Trindade was the coordinating lead author for a chapter of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, Methodological and Technical Issues in Technology Transfer, in 2000; the IPCC as an organization would later win the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize through the work of IPCC contributors.[2][3][4][5]

In 1986, Trindade was appointed as the Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Science and Technology for Development.[6][7] He was a member of the Scientific Committee for Environmental Problems, an agency associated with UN for Education, Science and Culture (Unesco).[8]

Early life and education

Trindade was born in Rio de Janeiro, where he graduated in chemistry at the Federal University.[9] In 1973, he obtained his doctorate (published as S.C. Trinidade) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a doctoral thesis on the subject of "Studies on the magnetic demineralization of coal".[10][11]

Research

Trindade studied biofuels and their sustainability extensively. He was a lead researcher and contributor to the Worldwatch Institute's report on Biofuels for Transport: Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture (2012).[12]

In speaking about Brazilian ethanol made from sugarcane, he said:

When evaluating a fuel from an ecological point of view, it is necessary to analyze the entire chain of its production. The sugarcane ethanol produced in Brazil is the cleanest fuel ecologically, even taking into account that sugarcane harvesting is done in Brazil with the help of controlled burning of the fields, in order to facilitate the cutting of the cane. (Quando se avalia um combustível do ponto de vista ecológico, é preciso analisar toda a cadeia produtiva. O etanol de cana-de-açúcar produzido no Brasil é o combustível mais limpo ecologicamente, mesmo levando em conta que a colheita da cana é feita no Brasil com ajuda de queimadas controladas no terreno plantado, a fim de facilitar o corte.)[10]

He has written about the decision-making processes and the management of technological change, for the IPCC's 1991 Methodological and Technological Issues, In Technology Transfer: IPCC Special Report on Climate Change[13]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

Death

Trindade last chaired a session on sustainability and innovation at the second World Sustainable Development Forum in Durango, Mexico in early March of 2020.[14][15] On March 18, 2020 he died at age 79 in New York, where he had lived for thirty years,[9] of complications caused by COVID-19 during the pandemic in the United States.[16][17][18][19] He is survived by his wife, Helena Trindade.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Sérgio Trindade morre vítima do COVID-19". ECO21 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer".
  3. ^ "Brasileiro que integrou equipe vencedora do Prêmio Nobel da Paz morre por coronavírus". O Globo (in Portuguese). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ^ "SERGIO C. TRINDADE". The Polar Connection, Home of Polar Research and Policy Initiative. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony 2007". The Nobel Prize. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Sergio C. Trindade appointed Executive Director of Centre for Science and Technology for Development". United Nations Digital Library System. 22 January 1986.
  7. ^ Congress, United States (1991). Official Congressional Directory. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1000.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  8. ^ "Sérgio Trindade, brasileiro Nobel da Paz, morre vítima do coronavírus em Nova York". clicrbs (in Portuguese). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  9. ^ a b c Juliana Dal Piva. "Sem doenças preexistentes, brasileiro morto pelo coronavírus tinha rotina saudável, diz sobrinho". Yahoo. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  10. ^ a b Martins, Marília (18 November 2007). "Um brasileiro no Nobel da Paz 2007". O Globo (in Portuguese).
  11. ^ Trinidade, S.C. (Sergio C.) (1973). "Studies on the magnetic demineralization of coal. - Full Catalog Record". library.mit.edu. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  12. ^ Worldwatch Institute (2012). Biofuels for Transport: Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture. Earthscan. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  13. ^ Scheffran, Jürgen; Froese, Rebecca (2016). "Enabling Environments for Sustainable Energy Transitions: The Diffusion of Technology, Innovation and Investment in Low-Carbon Societies". In Brauch, H.; Oswald Spring, Ú.; Grin, J.; Scheffran, J. (eds.). Handbook on Sustainability Transition and Sustainable Peace. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace. Vol. 10. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. pp. 721–756. ISBN 978-3-319-43884-9.
  14. ^ "Agenda | World Sustainable Development Forum". 23 March 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  15. ^ Trindade, Sergio (6 February 2020). "Dr. Sergio C. Trindade, Former Assistant, Secretary General, United Nations for WSDF 2020". YouTube. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  16. ^ SP2 | Fapesp confirma que cientista Sérgio Trindade morreu devido à Covid-19 | Globoplay, retrieved 24 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Sérgio Trindade, cientista do IPCC e parte de equipe que ganhou Nobel da Paz, morre aos 79 anos de Covid-19, diz agência". Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Sérgio Trindade, que ganhou Nobel da Paz com IPCC, morre com coronavírus em NY". Uol (in Portuguese).
  19. ^ Karol Gomes. "Quem é o brasileiro Nobel da Paz morto por coronavírus". Hypeness (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2020.

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