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Climate Change & Energy: Climate change in Brazil

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Brazil gets green light for climate change fund

The Brazilian parliament has taken a step further towards approving a fund for reducing the impacts of global warming on the country.

12 June 2009 | ES

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Brazil creates panel on climate change

Inspired by the IPCC, the Brazilian government has created a panel for evaluating important climate-change related issues.

25 April 2009 | ES

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Brazil and China to partner on new technologies

Common goals on biofuels and climate change have led Brazil and China to forge a research collaboration.

22 January 2009 | EN | ES | 中文

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Brazil's climate change plan 'ready for public scrutiny'

Brazil has prepared its climate change plan, which is available for public consultation until the end of the month.

7 October 2008 | EN | ES

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São Paulo to invest $63 million on climate research

São Paulo will invest US$63 million in interdisciplinary research on global climate change and its impact on Brazil.

15 September 2008 | EN | ES

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Global warming to 'change face of Brazilian farming'

Brazilian scientists warn in a report that Brazil's agriculture could be severely affected by climate change in the coming years.

27 August 2008 | EN | ES

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G8 leaders pledge to halve carbon emissions by 2050

G8 leaders pledge to cut carbon emission levels to 50 per cent by 2050, but developing countries continue to insist on more concrete targets.

10 July 2008 | EN | 中文

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Less pollution means more drought for Amazon rainforest

Research indicates that falls in Northern Hemisphere aerosol pollution will bring more frequent drought to the Amazonian rainforest.

8 May 2008 | EN | 中文

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Crop biofuels 'create carbon debt'

Two new research papers indicate that biofuel production can carry an unrecognised cost by indirectly increasing carbon emissions.

15 February 2008 | EN

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Climate change coverage on the up in Brazil

Brazilian newspapers have increased their climate change coverage since the last quarter of 2006, finds a study published this month.

29 January 2008 | EN | ES

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Biofuels could add to greenhouse gas emissions

The use of fertilizers could cancel out biofuels' reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, says an international research team.

5 October 2007 | EN | 中文

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Brazil invests US$37 million to fight global warming

Brazil's science ministry will give companies loans and grants for projects that help reduce carbon emissions.

14 December 2006 | EN

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Forests expand thanks to government policy

Afforestation is replacing deforestation in an increasing number of countries where government policy encourages it.

14 November 2006 | EN | 中文

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Climate change debates 'need ethical dimension'

Debates on climate change policy are too often about science and economics, rather than the ethical issues, an international conference has heard.

31 August 2006 | EN | 中文

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Rising temperatures spell fire, drought and forest loss

Researchers have warned that climate change will lead to greater risks of drought, wildfires and forest loss in many developing regions.

15 August 2006 | EN | 中文

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Blair wants G8 to be G13 to tackle climate change

The UK prime minister says admitting Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa to the G8 would make it more effective on climate change.

13 July 2006 | EN

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Fertiliser bumps up rainforest emissions of CO2

Adding fertiliser to tropical rainforest soils increases the amount of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide they release, say researchers.

22 June 2006 | EN | 中文

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Report urges rethink on value of forest resources

A new report urges international incentives to revalue tropical forests, only five per cent of which are managed sustainably.

25 May 2006 | EN | 中文

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Less logging on private land 'key to saving Amazon'

Scientists predict that Brazil will lose more than 40 per cent of its Amazon rainforest by 2050 unless it takes measures to prevent deforestation.

23 March 2006 | EN

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Entire frog species 'wiped out by climate change'

Climate change could push entire species to the brink of extinction by changing the way disease is spread, suggests new research.

11 January 2006 | EN | 中文