In 2021, poor air quality killed 500,000 EU citizens, half of whom might have been averted if pollution levels had been decreased to medically recommended limits.
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EU official blasts Brazil climate pledge for not going far enough
By Reuters Published: Apr 15, 2021 06:43 PM The European Union s top environment official told Brazil on Wednesday that the South American country s updated climate pledge sends a bad signal by only committing to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2060.
A large amount of smoke from the illegal burning of the Amazon rainforest in Nova Progresso, Para, Brazil on August 15, 2020 Photo: VCGLike most of the world, Brazil in late 2020 submitted an updated commitment under the Paris Agreement on climate change, known as a nationally determined contribution (NDC). But the country largely maintained its previous targets while adding the net-zero-by-2060 pledge. The EU and the US have vowed to eliminate net emissions of all greenhouse gases by 2050.