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.