Read the statement by Minister Izabella Teixeira in the COP20 plenary in Lima  
The Minister of Environment of Brazil, Izabella Teixeira, advocated, on Wednesday (10/12), the concentric differentiation approach to define responsibility in cutting greenhouse gas emissions to the international community. In her statement at the plenary of COP 20 in Lima, Izabella reiterated the importance of specific targets for developed and developing countries and underscored the Brazilian results in reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.