Bras\u00edlia \u2013 The Minister of the Environment of Brazil, Joaquim Leite (pictured above), announced this Monday (1) a new target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions for the country. The information was announced at the opening of the Brazilian participation in the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, we present a new, more ambitious climate target, going from 43% to 50% by 2030; and carbon neutrality until 2050, which will be formalized during COP26,\u201d he stated. Leite participated in the summit opening over an online transmission at an event held in Bras\u00edlia at the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI) headquarters.<\/p>\n
According to the minister, the conference marks \u201ca transition from the debate on climate promises to creating green jobs.\u201d Leite also argued Brazil has acted as an articulator of the debate. \u201cWe held previous bilateral meetings with over 60 countries, acting as articulators, seeking dialogue and points of convergence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Bolsonaro<\/strong><\/p>\n In a recorded speech for the conference, President Jair Bolsonaro stated, \u201cBrazil is a green power\u201d and a solution to current problems. \u201cBrazil is a green power. We have the greatest biodiversity on the planet, the largest and richest forest covering, and one of the largest ocean areas. In the fight against climate change, we have always been part of the solution, not the problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Bolsonaro also stressed the National Green Growth Program, launched last week, \u201cbrings environmental concerns to the center of the economic agenda.\u201d The initiative aims to combine the reduction of carbon emissions, the conservation of forests, and the rational use of natural resources with the generation of green jobs and economic growth.<\/p>\n Translated by El\u00fasio Brasileiro<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Brazilian Minister of the Environment announced an increase in the Brazilian target for reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, from 43% to 50%, by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2315,"featured_media":301559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[25181,25175,25178,25176,25177,20193,25179,25182,36368,25180],"class_list":{"0":"post-301567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-bolsonaro-cop26-en","9":"tag-bolsonaro-environment","10":"tag-brazil-at-cop26","11":"tag-brazil-cop26","12":"tag-brazil-environment","13":"tag-cop26-en","14":"tag-deforestation-brazil","15":"tag-joaquim-leite-en","16":"tag-joaquim-leite-en-2","17":"tag-minister-of-environment-brazil"},"wps_subtitle":"The Brazilian Minister of the Environment announced an increase in the Brazilian target for reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, from 43% to 50%, by 2030.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}