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November 29, 2018

Brazil Withdraws as Host of 2019 UN Climate Change Conference
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Brazil has withdrawn from hosting COP25, next year's United Nations
climate conference. Brazil's president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, has been
criticized by environmentalists, who warn he will speed catastrophic
climate change by opening up vast swaths of the Amazon to agribusiness
giants.


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