Americas > COP28: Brazil joins OPEC+, argues for climate cooperation, offers 900 new oil blocks

COP28: Brazil joins OPEC+, argues for climate cooperation, offers 900 new oil blocks

Published 12:50 on December 12, 2023  /  Last updated at 14:14 on December 12, 2023  / Helen Clark /  Americas, International, South & Central

Brazil will open the largest oil and gas block auction in its history on Tuesday, a move campaigners find highly hypocritical as the COP28 summit negotiations struggle to agree on phasing out fossil fuels globally even as the South American nation touts its climate leadership.
Brazil will open the largest oil and gas block auction in its history on Tuesday, a move campaigners find highly hypocritical as the COP28 summit negotiations struggle to agree on phasing out fossil fuels globally even as the South American nation touts its climate leadership.


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