The Ministry of the Environment is confident of progress in negotiations on climate change during the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, COP-16, to be held in Cancun, Mexico, from November 29 to December 10. Brazil expects to approve a package of decisions that mean a breakthrough in the negotiations and the basis for a future global agreement to be completed, possibly, in 2012 at Rio+20.
Unlike what happened in Copenhagen in the end of 2009, during COP-15, in Cancun the expectation is to define specific agreements among the participating countries. Brazil wants a balanced package including mitigation and adaptation actions, financing, technology transfer, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), and shared responsibility.
In terms of international negotiations, Brazil has made an effort in order to have a positive outcome in Cancun. During the conference, the country wants to intensify the negotiations, avoiding setbacks in discussions that are already well developed.
At COP-16, Brazil will show that it has fulfilled its commitment to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Since the Action Plan to Prevent and Control Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAM) was established, in 2004, Brazil has avoided the emission of 2.9 billion tons of carbon dioxide. If this pace is maintained, the goal announced at COP-15, in December 2009, will be anticipated in four years, which means 80% reduction in deforestation even in 2016, not in 2020.
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