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A Polluter's Easy Path to the Zero Emissions Club
Brazil is better placed than many major economies to shrink its carbon footprint. If only it would commit.
Don’t let this chance go up in smoke.
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Suddenly, it seems all the world is heading to zero.
Just a month after Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2060, the leaders of Japan and South Korea pledged to hit the same target 10 years sooner. The European Union and U.K. have already put their 2050 pledges into law. In total, countries accounting for about 56% of the world’s emissions have now announced or are investigating targets to eliminate their emissions by mid-century.