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08SAOPAULO369
2008-07-11 14:50:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Sao Paulo
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UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000369
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USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
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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