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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…