Brazilian opposition leaders Thursday criticized President Jair Bolsonao s decision to reject humanitarian aid offered by Argentina to assist the victims of the floods in the state of Bahia, where 24 people have died and over 91,000 other have been displaced from their homes.
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By Reuters Published: Apr 20, 2021 07:03 PM Brazil s updated national climate change plan would allow the country to step up forest losses to a rate 78 percent above those before President Jair Bolsonao took office and 20 percent above 2020 s levels, Brazilian researchers said.
A large amount of smoke from the illegal burning of the Amazon rainforest in Nova Progresso, Para, Brazil on August 15, 2020 Photo: VCGAs Bolsonaro prepares to take part in US President Joe Biden s international climate summit this week, Brazil s plan shows a lack of ambition to tackle climate change that could undermine global efforts, they said.
Bolsonaro s administration has overseen large-scale expansion of farming, ranching and mining in the Amazon and other natural areas of Brazil as the country pursues economic development. The president sent a letter to Biden on April 14 recommitting his country to eliminating illegal deforestation by 2030, as it originally promised under th
Brazil s promises to slash forest losses empty , researchers say ahead of Biden summit Reuters 4/19/2021
By Mauricio Angelo
BRASILIA, April 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Brazil s updated national climate change plan would allow the country to step up forest losses to a rate 78% above those before President Jair Bolsonao took office and 20% above last year s levels, Brazilian researchers said.
As Bolsonaro prepares to take part in U.S. President Joe Biden s international climate summit this week, Brazil s plan - announced in December - shows a lack of ambition to tackle climate change that could undermine global efforts, they said.
Bolsonaro s administration has overseen large-scale expansion of farming, ranching and mining in the Amazon and other natural areas of Brazil as the country pursues economic development.
By Mauricio Angelo
BRASILIA, April 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Brazil s updated national climate change plan would allow the country to step up forest losses to a rate 78% above those before President Jair Bolsonao took office and 20% above last year s levels, Brazilian researchers said.
As Bolsonaro prepares to take part in U.S. President Joe Biden s international climate summit this week, Brazil s plan - announced in December - shows a lack of ambition to tackle climate change that could undermine global efforts, they said.
Bolsonaro s administration has overseen large-scale expansion of farming, ranching and mining in the Amazon and other natural areas of Brazil as the country pursues economic development.