巴西撤回主辦聯合國氣候變化會議的提議

Brazil has withdrawn its offer to host a large U.N. conference on climate change next year, the foreign ministry said Wednesday, in a move that environmental groups said put into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.巴西外交部週三表示，巴西已經撤回了明年召開聯合國氣候變化大會的提議，此舉讓環保組織對巴西減少碳排放的承諾提出質疑。

巴西外交部週三發給美聯社的一份聲明稱，由於“目前及預計在不久的將來繼續存在”的財政和預算限制，巴西撤回了舉辦2019年氣候變化會議的提議。

環保組織將這一決定視爲對當選總統博索納羅的認可，他在競選期間承諾將巴西從巴黎氣候協議中撤出。

自贏得選舉以來，博索納羅對他的一些承諾公開表示動搖。不過氣候科學家們曾表示，博索納羅表示有意開放亞馬遜以促進更大發展，這可能使這個拉丁美洲最大的國家無法在未來幾年內實現減排目標。

巴西的世界自然基金會指出，不承辦明年會議的決定與選舉前巴西官員的立場不同，“證明了過渡團隊的強大影響力。”

該組織在一份聲明中說，“巴西的參與對於實現全球目標至關重要，因爲我國目前是全球第七大溫室氣體排放國，亞馬遜在調節全球氣候方面發揮着關鍵作用”。

巴西主辦明年會議候選資格將在本週末在波蘭克拉科夫舉行的會議上審查。

巴外交部沒有立即回答有關現任總統特梅爾或博索納羅過渡團隊的任何人是否會出席在波蘭舉行的會議。

博索納羅將於明年1月1日就職，他在競選期間誓言要幫助擴大采礦和農業企業在包括亞馬遜森林在內的保護區的活動。