Brazil announces massive reforestation and renewable energy plan with US
by Suzanne Goldenberg, Dan Roberts and agencies from on (#CWZY)
President Dilma Rousseff pledged to restore 12m hectares of deforested land and increase renewable energy use by 2030 as part of climate partnership with US
Barack Obama and Dilma Rousseff put climate change at the top of their agenda at their bilateral meeting on Tuesday, with the US and Brazil agreeing to obtain up to 20% of their electricity from renewable power by 2030.
Brazil also committed to restoring up to 12m hectares of forest - an area about the size of England or Pennsylvania - in another attempt to reduce the carbon pollution that causes climate change.
