Brazil restores stricter climate goals

Published September 15, 2023 6:34 PM

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian government is reinstating a stricter greenhouse gas emissions target first announced in 2015 as part of the Paris Agreement. The decision was announced Thursday by the country’s Committee on Climate Change, a federal government body. It restores a commitment that had been weakened under the prior administration.

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