Brazil was one of the key players behind the US-brokered climate accord agreed at the Copenhagen summit.
It was the leading developing nation fighting for funding to help poorer countries fight the effects of global warming.
But, as Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports from Sao Paolo, the capital, Brazilians are not optimistic that the climate deal will lead to change.
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