Brazil´s Recession Grows as Emissions Rise
(World News Brazil)

SANTAREM, Brazil, 14 November, 2017 - Brazil´s recession has earned it an unhappy distinction: it is the only major country in the world where damage to the climate is growing while people are becoming poorer. In 2016 Brazil´s total greenhouse gas emissions rose by almost 9%, reaching their highest level since 2008. This makes it the only large economy in the world whose emissions are growing while living standards for most of its population, far from rising, have fallen. The main causes of the rise in emissions are deforestation and farming practices. The System for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals Estimates, SEEG, part of Brazil´s Climate Observatory, produces annual estimates of the...