Brazil resumes role as environmental leader, Norwegian minister says
Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment Espen Barth Eide said on Wednesday (Mar. 22) Brazil is resuming the global leadership it once had in environmental issues. The statement was made during a meeting in Brasilia with Brazilian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Marina Silva.The two ministers released a joint statement in which they reaffirmed the bilateral partnership on climate and forests, which started in 2008, with the launch of the Amazon Fund, by Brazil, and of the International Climate and Forests Initiative (NICFI), by Norway.Global LeadershipBarth Eide said to the Brazilian minister that "Brazil has shown global leadership in the past and is doing it again now." According to the Norwegian minister, the international community should spare no effort to mobili...