- Minister Ricardo Salles tweeted a picture of the massive meat platter on Sunday
- He captioned it: ‘To compensate for our emissions at COP, a vegetarian lunch!’
- Came after Madrid talks failed as polluters resisted calls to stunt global warming
- President Jair Bolsonaro dismissed result of COP25 talks as a ‘commercial game’
By JAMES GANT FOR MAILONLINE and AFP
Brazil’s environment minister has mocked climate talks with a meat platter photo after President Bolsonaro dismissed COP25 as a waste of time.
Ricardo Salles, who took part in the Madrid convention, tweeted ‘rich countries did not want to pay up,’ before posting the shot of the rare steak last night.
He captioned the image: ‘To compensate for our emissions at COP, a vegetarian lunch!’
Brazil is the world’s number one beef exporter and deforestation is often caused by breeders who want to transform the Amazonian jungle to feed their herds.
The post came after the marathon talks in the Spanish capital ended in disappointment as polluters resisted calls to help stunt global warming.
Ricardo Salles, who took part in the Madrid convention, tweeted ‘rich countries did not want to pay up,’ before posting the shot of the rare steak (pictured). He added: ‘To compensate for our emissions at COP, a vegetarian lunch!’ +5
Ricardo Salles, who took part in the Madrid convention, tweeted ‘rich countries did not want to pay up,’ before posting the shot of the rare steak (pictured). He added: ‘To compensate for our emissions at COP, a vegetarian lunch!’
Salles (pictured at the talks yesterday) particularly regretted a lack of progress on carbon markets and singled out rich European nations as the players +5
Salles (pictured at the talks yesterday) particularly regretted a lack of progress on carbon markets and singled out rich European nations as the players
Salles particularly regretted a lack of progress on carbon markets and singled out rich European nations as the players.
The South American nation and Australia are among the countries that want to count carbon credits accumulated under a previous climate deal as part of their commitments under the goals of the Paris climate agreement.
Salles added: ‘Unfortunately, despite all the efforts of Brazil, a protectionist vision took hold, and Brazil and other countries that could provide carbon credits because of their forests and good environmental practices came out losers.’
President Jair Bolsonaro, a climate change sceptic, dismissed the result of the COP25 talks as a ‘commercial game’.
Brazil was meant to host this year’s global climate meeting but withdrew its offer more than a year ago, citing financial restrictions shortly after Bolsonaro’s election.
Bolsonaro said: ‘I don’t know why people don’t understand that it’s just a commercial game.’
Blaming wealthy countries, he said, ‘I’d like to know: has there been a resolution for Europe to be reforested, or are they just going to keep bothering Brazil?’
