Brazil reneges on hosting UN climate talks under Bolsonaro presidency
by Jonathan Watts from on (#43V56)
Reversal comes two months after country agreed to host COP25 conference in 2019 - and one month after far-right climate sceptic won election
Brazil has abandoned plans to host crucial UN climate talks in 2019 amid growing signs of the anti-internationalism of the new government being formed by president-elect Jair Bolsonaro.
The foreign ministry announced the reversal in a message to Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the UN Convention on Climate Change, according to the O Globo news website.
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