Brazil will continue demanding greater compromises from the developed countries in the fight against global warming. Brazil also demands greater compromises regarding the recognition of historical responsibilities by the industrialized world on these issues, government sources said on July 9.
The leaders from the Group of Eight (G8) met in L'Aquila, Italy, on Wednesday. In a communiqué, they said that their aim was to reduce 80 percent of their emissions of polluting gases by 2050, while global emissions should be reduced by 50 percent.
Yet the leaders from the Group of Five (G5) -- Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa -- questioned the G8 resolution and rejected the imposition of aims that would adversely affect their development and fight against poverty.
Brazilian chief negotiator on environmental issues Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado said that the goal set by the G8 "does not have credibility" and that it is unacceptable if there is not an intermediate goal by 2020.
