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Source: SciDev.net
A plan to tackle climate change and minimise its impacts in Brazil has been drawn up and is now open for public consultation.
The plan, formulated by several Brazilian government ministries and the Brazilian Forum of Climate Change — an umbrella organisation aiming to stimulate public awareness and dialogue, and incorporate climate change issues into public policies — will be available for public consultation until the end of the month (31 October).
After relevant suggestions have been incorporated, the plan will be sent to President Lula da Silva in November for approval.
"Brazil has done its part in the mitigation of climate change and is determined and committed to doing more, using its full national capacity as part of an overall effort to combat climate change," says the plan, released on 29 September.
The recommendations are organised into four lines of action: mitigation; vulnerability, impact and adaptation; research and development; and empowerment and divulgation.
Goals include getting 7,000 megawatts of power from renewable energy between 2008 and 2010, increasing production of ethanol from 25.6 billion litres in 2008 to 53.2 billion litres by 2017, and preventing the release 570 million tonnes of carbon dioxide between 2008 and 2017 by using biofuels.
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