Brazil states forge ahead in climate change fight despite Bolsonaro ambivalence
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS APRIL 26, 2019 / 1:53 PM / UPDATED 5 HOURS AGO
Brazil states forge ahead in climate change fight despite Bolsonaro ambivalence
Jake Spring
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(Reuters) - State governments in Brazil have agreed to work toward fulfilling the country’s Paris Agreement climate change commitments, despite far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s ambivalence over the pact.
Bolsonaro said on his campaign trail he would withdraw Brazil from the accord, although later walked back those remarks. The country remains party to the agreement, with a commitment to reduce its national emissions by 37 percent by 2025.
Representatives for 12 state governments made the commitments at an event in Rio de Janeiro that ended late on Thursday, according to Alfredo Sirkis, the coordinator of the Brazil Forum for Climate Change, which organized the event.
Those states account for just over half of the country’s gross emissions of carbon dioxide equivalent, according to data compiled by the Climate Observatory, a Brazilian non-government organization.
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