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Brazil To
Host Amazon Summit On Climate Change
SAO PAULO - Brazilian
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
announced on Monday in Sao Paulo that
leaders from Amazon countries would attend a
summit in Manaus on Nov. 26 to form a common
position at the upcoming UN climate change
conference in Copenhagen.
At a press conference at the Sao Paulo
Industries Federation headquarters, Lula
said the Copenhagen meeting would be "a
golden opportunity" to discuss the Amazon's
preservation among other subjects involving
climate change.
In Copenhagen, leaders are expected to
elaborate a new agreement on greenhouse gas
emission reduction to replace the Kyoto
Protocol, which expires in 2012.
The Brazilian government has announced
earlier that, at the Copenhagen meeting, it
would present a proposal to reduce
deforestation in 80 percent of the Amazon
Rain Forests by 2020, as part of global
efforts to fight climate change. |
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