巴西撤回主办联合国气候变化会议的提议

Brazil has withdrawn its offer to host a large U.N. conference on climate change next year, the foreign ministry said Wednesday, in a move that environmental groups said put into question Brazil's commitment to reducing carbon emissions.

Brazil pulled its offer to host the 2019 climate change conference because of "the current fiscal and budget constraints, which are expected to remain in the near future,'' according to a foreign ministry statement sent to the Associated Press on Wednesday.

Environmental groups interpreted the decision as a nod to President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, who promised during his campaign to pull Brazil out of the Paris Accord on climate change.

Since being elected, Bolsonaro has publicly wavered on those promises. However, climate scientists have said that Bolsonaro's stated intention to open the Amazon for greater development could make it impossible for Latin America's largest nation to meet its reduced emissions targets in the coming years.

The World Wildlife Fund in Brazil noted that the decision not to host next year's conference diverged from the position shared by Brazilian officials before the elections, "demonstrating the strong influence of the transition team."

"Brazil's participation is vital to meeting global targets, as our country is currently the 7th largest emitter of greenhouse gases and the Amazon has a key role in regulating global climate," said the group in a statement.

Brazil's candidacy to host next year's meeting was to be reviewed during this year's conference, which begins this weekend in Krakow, Poland.

Brazil's foreign ministry didn't immediately respond to questions about whether anybody from the current administration of President Michel Temer or Bolsonaro's transition team would attend the meeting in Poland.

Bolsonaro, who takes office Jan. 1, vowed during the campaign to help mining and agribusiness companies expand their activities in protected areas, including Amazonian forests.

巴西外交部周三表示，巴西已经撤回了明年召开联合国气候变化大会的提议，此举让环保组织对巴西减少碳排放的承诺提出质疑。

巴西外交部周三发给美联社的一份声明称，由于“目前及预计在不久的将来继续存在”的财政和预算限制，巴西撤回了举办2019年气候变化会议的提议。

环保组织将这一决定视为对当选总统博索纳罗的认可，他在竞选期间承诺将巴西从巴黎气候协议中撤出。

自赢得选举以来，博索纳罗对他的一些承诺公开表示动摇。不过气候科学家们曾表示，博索纳罗表示有意开放亚马逊以促进更大发展，这可能使这个拉丁美洲最大的国家无法在未来几年内实现减排目标。

巴西的世界自然基金会指出，不承办明年会议的决定与选举前巴西官员的立场不同，“证明了过渡团队的强大影响力。”

该组织在一份声明中说，“巴西的参与对于实现全球目标至关重要，因为我国目前是全球第七大温室气体排放国，亚马逊在调节全球气候方面发挥着关键作用”。

巴西主办明年会议候选资格将在本周末在波兰克拉科夫举行的会议上审查。

巴外交部没有立即回答有关现任总统特梅尔或博索纳罗过渡团队的任何人是否会出席在波兰举行的会议。

博索纳罗将于明年1月1日就职，他在竞选期间誓言要帮助扩大采矿和农业企业在包括亚马逊森林在内的保护区的活动。