The United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom are raising their pollution reduction targets by 2030

At the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26), which began Monday (1) in Glasgow, Scotland, the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom announced new goals for reducing carbon dioxide, according to CNN Brazil’s Luriel Sand. ‘elder brother.

The announcements came on the same day as Brazil announced a 50% reduction target for greenhouse gases by 2030 – the previous target was 43%.

“The United States has increased from 26% to 50%. [sua meta de redução de gases estufa até 2030]; The EU ranges from 28% to 55% and the UK from 68% to 78%. In Brazil it increases from 43% to 50%, ”said Sant Anna.

According to the author, despite the announcements, there is no consensus among other major economies to drastically reduce emissions of polluting gases. China, India, Saudi Arabia and Russia are trying to make 2060 a key year to reduce emissions.

“There is opposition from China, India, Saudi Arabia and Russia, which are major emissions and their economies are anchored in fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. The goal is to have, ”he said.

Weather villains

Although the United States has announced its intention to increase the target, the country can still be considered one of the villains of the climate in China, Russia and Saudi Arabia in Santana’s view. Brazil was also fined, especially for the increase in deforestation in the country. Brazilian President Jair Bolzano will not attend COP26.

“COP26 has many villains. US President Joe Biden cited China, Russia and Saudi Arabia. I may have quoted India as a major user of coal. But since India is Joe Biden’s strategic ally, they have a big plan to extract ethanol from sugarcane. [Brasil] We could be in this situation, but we did not take advantage of this opportunity in April.

The Brazilian ad is an attempt to change the image of a polluter, but the author says that the country needs to prove that it is capable of reaching the new goal.

“The UK’s ambassador, Peter Wilson, has told us: We want to see an annual plan to end illegal deforestation by 2030; this is the heel of our greatest Achilles,” he said.

“We need to make this big effort on Amazon and create alternative ways to generate revenue for the more than 20 million Brazilians who live on Amazon. [Para termos acesso aos] $ 100 billion [dos países ricos] For these projects, we must have sustainable development projects in Brazil, ”the columnist added.