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08SAOPAULO369
2008-07-11 14:50:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Sao Paulo
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MEDIA REACTION: G8

Tags:  KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR 
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TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: G8

Global Stalling

Editorial in liberal Folha de S.Paulo (7/11) says: "The G8 meeting
in Japan brought infinitesimal advances to climate change
negotiations.... The '50% by 2050' goal is physically unattainable
without emerging countries.... Emerging countries want rich
[nations] to cut somewhere between 25% and 40% of emissions.... The
slowness of the process, however, is no excuse for postponing
measures.... In Brazil, the 4th largest emitter, the obvious way is
to stabilize the deforestation of the Amazon. At least two-thirds of
our emissions come from this useless destruction, a contribution
that President Lula failed to mention when addressing the issue in
Hokkaido."
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