Brasília – President Michel Temer submitted this Wednesday (21) to the secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), Ban Ki-moon, the document whereby Brazil ratifies the Paris Agreement on climate change. The document establishes targets to be adopted by the country, with the aim to stop the rise in global temperature.
According to the UN, 30 countries are expected to submit their approval this Wednesday during the ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York. To be put into effect, the agreement needs to be ratified (turned into law) by at least 55 countries responsible for 55% of worldwide carbon emissions. Signed by the 197 countries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the agreement was approved by Brazilian congress last August.
In the document, Brazil agrees to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 37% until 2025 in comparison to the levels recorded in 2005; and by 43% until 2030.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
