The Brazilian Environment Minister, Izabella Teixeira, arrives today in the Norwegian capital to attend the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference. The minister travels accompanied by the director of the Department of Climate Change at the MMA, Thais Linhares Juvenal, the consultant of the ministry Tasso Azevedo and Sergio Serra, Ambassador Extraordinary for Climate Change at the Ministry of External Relations.
The event will be formally opened tonight with a dinner hosted by the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg for the heads of national delegations - it is expected the participation of 35 countries. The discussions and negotiations take place on Thursday, 27, throughout the day. The opening session is scheduled for 9 am (local time).
At the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference, the participating countries will negotiate a global partnership aimed at reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+). It is expected that the meeting signals a new era in global climate change efforts.
REDD+ is one crucial element of the global effort to contain climate change. REDD+ could provide large, timely and cost-effective emission reductions. REDD+ also has significant benefits for biodiversity, climate change adaptation and livelihoods.
According to event organizers, the purpose of the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference is to help get effective, transparent and coordinated fast start action on REDD+ started while UNFCCC (United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change) negotiations continue, culminating in the conference scheduled for the end of the year in Cancun, Mexico.
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