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Brazil minister calls out emerging economies over weak climate pledges
2015-10-28 17:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Brazil is shouldering more of the burden of climate action than countries of comparative wealth, according to its environment minister. Izabella Teixeira singled out pledges by Singapore and South Korea as "inexcusable" at an event on Wednesday. Those countries` targets allow greenhouse emissions to rise as their relatively wealthy economies grow over the next 15 years. Brazil is the first developing nation to commit an absolute carbon cut, by contrast: -- 37% by 2025 compared with 2005 levels....
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