Eight Brazilian cities are in a group of a thousand, around the world, which have committed to halving their carbon emissions by 2030.
The announcement was made this Tuesday (2), at COP26, the 26th United Nations Climate Conference, in Glasgow, Scotland.
Altogether, the thousand cities represent more than 722 million people. Among the eight participating Brazilian municipalities are Salvador, Curitiba, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Niterói.
Mark Watts, executive director of C40, a group of major cities in the world committed to debating and combating climate change, was responsible for publicizing the entry of more cities into international cooperation.
The agreement was endorsed by the group within the campaign Race to Zero of the UN, which brings together non-state actors from around the world committed to a green, resilient and carbon-free economic recovery and to achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
In Latin America, Rio de Janeiro was the first to sign a declaration to reduce investments in fossil fuels, such as coal, natural gas and oil, on October 26 this year.
The commitment was sealed at a C40 meeting. The capital of Rio de Janeiro joins 1,484 other public and private institutions from 70 countries in the “Declaration of Divestment of Fossil Fuels, Investing in a Sustainable Future”.
According to Eduardo Cavaliere, Rio’s municipal secretary for the Environment and national coordinator of the CB27, which brings together all the capitals of Brazil, said that this is the moment for Brazil and for cities around the world to take their proposals for the preservation of the environment.
“The climate issue is a matter of life and death. If we don’t act now, the population as a whole will suffer, but mainly the poorest”, he highlighted.
Reference: CNN Brasil
