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...evangelical Protestant churches in droves over the past two decades. The current German Pope has focused much of his attention on efforts to reinvigorate traditional Catholicism in Europe, the historical headquarters of the Church. After trips to Germany, Spain and France, as well as the United States and Brazil, Benedict is slated to make his first visit to Africa in March, with stops in Cameroon and Angola...
...actually required to take any concrete action on climate change. Mexico should take a bow - America's significantly poorer neighbor promised to cut carbon emissions 50% below 2002 levels by 2050, far in excess of anything the U.S. has pledged. India announced a plan to boost solar power, Brazil promised a 70% cut in its annual deforestation rate by 2017, and South Africa initiated a program to stop growth of its carbon emissions by 2025. "Developing countries are starting to signal an emerging willingness to take action," says Jake Schmidt, the international climate policy director for the Natural Resources Defense...
...exchange for carbon credits. (Deforestation is responsible for at least 20% of global carbon emissions.) But at Poznan, negotiations have gotten muddy. Thus far, no one can agree on what the rights of indigenous people who actually live among the trees should be in a forestry carbon market, while Brazil - home to 40% of the world's remaining rain forests - seems against the entire idea of avoided deforestation. (Brazil favors a plan that would have rich countries contribute to a global fund that would work to prevent deforestation, instead of using the carbon market.) There are legitimate criticisms of avoided...
...work together, the automotive industries of today may follow the many other businesses that went down because of a lack of understanding and cooperation on the part of unions. Which is better - a little less, or no job? Richard Hugh Fisk, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL...
...rather exaggerated. The bonds’ inadequate BBB-rating—barely above speculative status — contributes to this mispricing. But, of course, this grade was given by the same agencies that rated several mortgage-backed securities AAA and helped create the current financial maelstrom, which Brazil, fittingly, is sailing through with enviable resilience...