Brazil’s drive to develop biofuels as a sustainable and economically viable energy source came under the spotlight at an international legislators meeting in Brasilia covered by journalists from Africa, Asia and Latin America in February.
Biofuels, which now make up almost half of Brazil’s energy use, and ways to create a global licencing system for legal timber trade were the key issues at the forum of legislators from the G8 countries and from Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa (the G8+5). Journalists from India, South Africa, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil were invited to cover the forum by the Com+ Alliance of Communicators for Sustainable Development and to take part in a workshop on writing skills offered by the Reuters Foundation.
The journalists heard President Luis Ignacio Lula spell out his hopes for the future of the biofuel industry in Brazil and were briefed by Lord Michael Jay on plans for a post-Kyoto framework of policies to help combat climate change.
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