Brazil is back, says president-elect to standing ovation from delegates to climate conference in Egypt
Brazil's president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 16 2022. Picture: MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/REUTERS— Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva received a superstar welcome at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Wednesday as he pledged to recommit the rainforest nation to tackling the climate crisis and offered to hold future UN climate talks.
The Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest spanning more than 6-million square kilometres, absorbs vast amounts of greenhouse gas, which if released would blow global climate targets. Lula emphasised that climate change could only be addressed hand in hand with social justice, with the crowd applauding his pronouncements on ending inequality and improving conditions for indigenous people.
Lula moved through the conference with a light security detail reaching out to shake outstretched hands. “It’s very positive that he's coming here as president-elect because the current president never came to COPs,” said Carlos Nobre, a climate scientist at the University of Sao Paulo.
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