US EditionAs Brazil Cracks Down on Forest Clearing, Emissions Fall
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Brazil has achieved a record reduction in polluting emissions in 2024, with a 16.7 % drop in gross greenhouse gas emissions compared to the previous year, from 2,576 Gt CO2 equivalent in 2023 to 2,145 Gt CO2e in 2024. This decline has been considered the largest for at least 16 years. This achievement is largely due to the drastic drop in emissions from land use change — mainly deforestation in the Amazon and Closed Biome — which experienced a d…
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Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 16.7 percent in 2024, according to figures from the Brazilian climate network Observatorio do Clima CO. The decrease last year is the largest in the last 16 years and the second largest ever. The main reason for the sharp decrease is that Brazil significantly reduced deforestation of the rainforest in 2024. Emissions related to the destruction of the rainforest make up a large part of Brazil's total…
BRAZILIA.— Brazil reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 16.7% in 2024, according to the Climate Observatory, thanks to the brake on Amazonian deforestation and the restoration of environmental policies promoted by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The country issued 2,145 million tons of CO2 equivalent, compared to 2,576 million in 2023, in which it represents the second largest drop since 1990 and the most pronounced since 2009. The Observatory attr…
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