Brazil climate change debate with the world's largest economies
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Ministers of the 17 largest economies in the world, including Brazil, began a two-day meeting this Monday (27) to reach a consensus on climate change for the UN conference in Copenhagen in December .
The meeting brings together the countries responsible for almost 75% of emissions of gases causing the greenhouse effect, and representatives of UN, European Union (EU) and Denmark - the city that is hosting the conference the last month of the year and where it is expected create a new protocol on climate change.
The meeting is the first of several that occur before the Forum of Major Economies on Energy and Climate Change on the island of La Maddalena, Italy, in July, and will be chaired by Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi.
The forum, launched on March 28 by U.S. President, Barack Obama, is intended to serve as a framework to generate a dialogue on key issues in regard to climate change and energy.
Moreover, the event wants to create the leadership necessary to achieve a satisfactory result at the conference in Copenhagen, and advance in ideas and concrete initiatives to encourage the use of renewable energy and reduce emission of toxic gases.
An important part of the conference are the technology and processing to produce the same energy in a sustainable way.
The meeting is similar to that promoted by former U.S. president George W. Bush, despite the administration has adopted a different stance on the measures to halt climate change.
The meeting will be opened by U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and led by U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change, Todd Stern, advisor as well as the deputy of the National Security Council for International Economic Affairs of the United States, Michael Forman.
Besides Brazil, Denmark, UN and EU, part of the conference Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, South Africa, United Kingdom. (Source: Reuters)
Source: Environment Australia
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