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Plan envisages reduction of emissions of greenhouse industry CNI by 5% by 2020

23/08/2012

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National Confederation of Industry signed an agreement with the government for assembling proposals for reducing emissions of carbon dioxide by 2020
 
The activities of industry, mining, health and urban mobility projects follow policies to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Last week, we concluded the process of public consultation of Sector Plans Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change predict that measures for the four sectors. Altogether, the documents received 182 contributions from government, private enterprise and civil society.

The Ministry of Environment (MMA) assessed as positive the popular participation in the process. The manager Karen Silverwood-Cope, the Department of Climate Change and Environmental Quality (SMCQ) of MMA, praised the comments sent to the sectoral plans. "The contributions were very qualified and relevant," he said. "All will be judged by the competent bodies."

Method - The total refers to the entries submitted electronically during meetings and in cities of the five regions of the country, organized by the Brazilian Forum on Climate Change. "There has been a significant interest of society and academia, especially in the face consultation, and the Internet proved as an effective method in the process," added Karen.

It is expected that the sector plans are completed by the end of the year. Now, the suggestions of changes to documents will be reviewed by the MMA staff and other agencies involved. After the technical evaluation, the contributions will be submitted to the Executive Group on Climate Change (GEx) for incorporation or not in the final text.

Reduction - The objective of the development of such plans is to contribute to achieving the national goal of reducing from 36.1% to 38.9% of emissions projected for 2020. The industry sector work plan measures to mitigate emissions of seven areas: aluminum, cement, pulp and paper, chemical, lime, glass and cast iron (steel).

The goal of the Cooperation Agreement of Plan Industry, signed late last Tuesday (21), is reduced by 5% by 2020, emissions of greenhouse gases in the seven industrial sectors. The partnership was made between the MMA, the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) and the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) and goes until the end of 2015.

The mine plan involves measures extraction, processing physical, pelletizing and transportation. The health summarizes actions for climate change adaptation.
Finally, the transportation plan and work with urban mobility cargo transport and public passenger transport.



Source: Environment Brazil

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