Brazil
is at the top of a ranking that fight climate change
16/12/2009
- Secretariat for Social Communication of the Presidency
of Brazil - Brazil is at the top of a ranking of countries
that are most active against climate change. It is the first
time in which an emerging country figures as the first one
in the list, which was published last Monday (December 14)
by the NGO Germanwatch and the Climate Action Network (CAN).
The fifth Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) assessed
ongoing measures in 57 countries and compared them with
what is being done in other nations, and with what the organization
considers necessary measures to avoid a 2ºC increase
in global temperature.
Scoring
68 points, Brazil surpassed developed countries such as
Sweden, Germany and Norway, and joined a group whose performance
in actions under the climate agenda is classified as "good".
Other countries that accompany Brazil in this group are
Sweden (67.4), United Kingdom and Germany (65.3), India
(63.1), Norway (61.8) and Mexico (61.2).
According
to the ranking coordinators, Brazil has reached this position
because of domestic efforts already in place. There were
significant achievements in the legal framework on climate
protection.
Continued
efforts
Brazil
has joined COP-15 with a strong set of actions to fight
climate change. Besides having a National Plan on Climate
Change, since 2009 the Brazilian Government has also taken
up voluntary emission reduction targets between 36.1% and
38.9% in relation to emissions forecasted for 2020 - according
to the forecasted national growth from 4% to 6%.
In
the beginning of December, the Brazilian Congress has also
given an important step forward: the approval of the National
Policy on Climate Change. On December 9, President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva sanctioned a law that created the National
Climate Change Fund, which will be supported with resources
from oil exploitation to make investments in mitigation
and adaptation to climate change.
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