Brazil announces new climate change pledge ahead of COP29 summit

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Brazil announced details of its new climate change pledge late on Friday night that sets a target to lower the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, which it will present during the United Nations climate summit COP29 in Azerbaijan, according to a government statement.

Brazil is the largest country in Latin America and one of the world's biggest emitters of climate-warming carbon dioxide.

The U.N. has said countries must do more if the world is to keep within reach of the Paris Agreement target to limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit), in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. The international body...
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