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Brazil withdraws candidacy to host climate change conference
Source: Associated Press
Brazil withdraws candidacy to host climate change conference
November 28, 2018
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil is withdrawing it candidacy to host a large conference on climate change next year.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Marco Bernardy said Wednesday that Brazil is withdrawing its candidacy to host the 2019 U.N. Climate Change Conference because of budget constraints.
However, environmental groups say the decision is a nod to President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, who promised during his campaign to pull Brazil out of the Paris Accord on climate change.
Bolsonaro has vowed to help Brazil’s mining and agribusiness companies expand their activities in protected areas, including Amazonian forests.
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November 28, 2018
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil is withdrawing it candidacy to host a large conference on climate change next year.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Marco Bernardy said Wednesday that Brazil is withdrawing its candidacy to host the 2019 U.N. Climate Change Conference because of budget constraints.
However, environmental groups say the decision is a nod to President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, who promised during his campaign to pull Brazil out of the Paris Accord on climate change.
Bolsonaro has vowed to help Brazil’s mining and agribusiness companies expand their activities in protected areas, including Amazonian forests.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/dfdabd905e5f4601984542781e480030
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