Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is heading to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) summit this week to galvanize action towards protecting the Amazon rainforest and call for zero deforestation. According to his press team, he intends to make significant announcements, including reversing Brazil’s past environmental policies, creating a climate authority in Brazil and requesting the country to host COP30 in 2025. In his first speech as president-elect, Lula pledged to end deforestation over the next four years through the strengthening of law enforcement and the building of capacities in government agencies that protect the environment. In the second week of COP27, which started on Monday, 14 November, the world’s three largest rainforest nations Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Indonesia formally launched a partnership to cooperate on forest preservation. It is reported that Lula will also seek a partnership with the two other rainforest nations to force developed nations to finance forest conservation. The alliance is one of the successful examples of South-South cooperation at COP27, as the summit aimed to bring special focus to the plight of countries in the global South, particularly in…
Brazil’s Lula to Attend COP27 and Make Announcements to Protect Amazon Rainforest
November 15, 2022
