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Published online 2 November 2009 | Nature 462, 18 (2009) | doi:10.1038/462018a
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Brazil mulls major climate action
If adopted, the move would put the country ahead of other developing nations on emissions curbs.
Building on an existing pledge to slash deforestation rates in the Amazon, Brazil is considering a commitment to substantially reduce cumulative greenhouse-gas emissions over the next decade.
Details were under discussion as Nature went to press, but such a commitment would represent the most significant step yet by a developing country going into December's United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen.
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It is high time that the so called developed countries stopped paying lip service to greenhouse-gas reduction. It is time for action and if Brazil can lead the way,...well why not? Obrigado Brasil.