(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in Brazil tend to censure a single country for climate change, according to a poll by Instituto Sensus. 35.9 per cent of respondents think the United States bears the most responsibility for global warming, while 34.7 per cent think everyone is liable.

The term global warming refers to an increase of the Earth's average temperature. Some theories say that climate change might be the result of human-generated carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

In 1998, several countries agreed to the Kyoto Protocol, a proposed amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The agreement commits nations to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Brazil ratified the protocol in August 2002.

On Mar. 31 in the United States, Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva discussed his views on global warming, saying, "We know that the rainforests are amongst the great victims of climate change. In the negotiations on the Convention on Climate Change, we proposed financial incentives to reduce carbon gas emissions per tonne, resulting in further reductions of deforestation. We expect that our proposal would have the support of international community, and obviously, especially and mainly from the U.S."

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