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CLIMATE-UN/BRAZIL (PIX, TV):Brazil to step up its climate goals at COP26, says negotiator

Brazil will step up its Paris Accord targets at COP26 as it tries to recover credibility for its environmental policies and its stewardship of the Amazon rainforest, the country's top diplomat for climate talks said in an interview.

3 Min Read BRASILIA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The free-trade treaty reached between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur will not get signed if Brazil does not show concrete steps toward reducing deforestation in the Amazon, European ambassadors said on Wednesday. “We need facts. If there are no advances, it will not be possible to sign this agreement,” Ignacio Ybañez, EU ambassador to Brazil, told reporters. If that does not happen, the European Commission will not be able to...

3 Min Read BRASILIA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The free-trade treaty reached between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur will not get signed if Brazil does not show concrete steps toward reducing deforestation in the Amazon, European ambassadors said on Wednesday. “We need facts. If there are no advances, it will not be possible to sign this agreement,” Ignacio Ybañez, EU ambassador to Brazil, told reporters. If that does not happen, the European Commission will not be able to...

Until Brazil makes a political commitment to curb deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, the trade deal between the European Union and South Americas Mercosur trade bloc will not advance toward ratification in Europe, the EUs envoy in Brasilia said. Ambassador Ignacio Ybañez said in an interview late on Friday that talks were underway to add a commitment to the treaty concluded last year, and that Brazils government is aware it is needed to save two decades of negotiations. Deforestation in...