Gilberto M. Jannuzzi

Jannuzzi is professor of energy systems at Universidade Estadual de Campinas in Brazil, the head of the university's Center for Interdisciplinary Energy Studies, and a former dean of its graduate program in energy planning. He is also executive director of the International Energy Initiative, a nongovernmental organization with offices in Brazil, India, and the United States. He received his doctorate in energy studies from the University of Cambridge and has served as a visiting scholar at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the United Nations Environment Program's Center on Energy and Environment. He has also served as technical coordinator for Brazil's National Energy Resarch and Development Fund.

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Articles by Gilberto M. Jannuzzi

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
10 May 2012

Nuclear option: The developing world weighs energy needs and security risks

Gilberto M. JannuzziShahriman LockmanP. R. Kumaraswamy

Over 45 countries that do not use nuclear power today are seriously considering its adoption; of these, 37 are classified by the World Bank as developing nations.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
26 April 2012

Where proliferation concerns ring hollow

Gilberto M. Jannuzzi

To Latin Americans, who live in a relatively peaceful region, the international community's concerns about the proliferation of nuclear weapons can sound a bit strange.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
5 April 2012

Supply, demand, and knowing what is important

Gilberto M. Jannuzzi

In international conversations about nuclear energy in the developing world, both the nonproliferation community and developing countries themselves often attach excessive importance to certain elements of the debate and too little importance to others. As suggested by P.R.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
27 March 2012

The developing world has better options than nuclear energy

Gilberto M. Jannuzzi

In discussions about nuclear energy, whether in the developing world or in industrial countries, the topics that generally dominate are cost, waste disposal, risk of accident, and weapons proliferation.