Tag: Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions

• Monday, September 30th 2024 - 09:09 UTC

  Greenhouse emissions surge in Brazilian Amazon due to fires

  

  A study released by the Climate Observatory showed that the blazes from June to August this year emitted 31.5 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere, which resulted in greenhouse gas emissions soaring 60% interannually, Agencia Brasil reported this weekend. The figure is close to the total emitted by Norway in one year (32.5 million tons), it was also explained.

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• Monday, September 28th 2015 - 10:21 UTC

  Brazil supports Paris conference and pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions 37% by 2025

  

  President Dilma Rousseff pledged on Sunday to slash Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions by 37%, during her speech to the UN General Assembly. Outlining her vision for a global climate change agreement on Sunday, Rousseff stressed on the importance of a “common response”.