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Brazil’s climate politics are shifting. That matters for the whole planet

Brazil is, by some measures, the world’s sixth-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. More important, though, is why: It is currently slashing its part of the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, at a pace not seen in over a decade.

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Brazil’s climate politics are shifting. That matters for the whole planet

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