US EditionBrazil’s Lula Opens Cop30 Demanding Courage – and Cash – to Save the Planet
Lula emphasized bridging political promises with urgent climate finance and technology transfer amid worsening global climate impacts, while the US absence contrasts with China's strong delegation.
- On Thursday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva kicked off the Cop30 climate summit in Belem, urging leaders to turn promises into action and calling it `the COP of truth`.
- Ahead of Thursday's opening, the meeting came amid a notable U.S. absence as President Donald Trump declined Lula's invitation and the United States delegation sent no diplomats, while China's delegation included 300 members.
- Pointing to worsening droughts, floods and deforestation, Lula stressed urgency, citing a UN report that Earth will likely be 2.5 degrees Celsius warmer by 2100, affecting the Amazon's residents.
- Lula lashed out at `extremist forces`, saying they condemn future generations, and warned that `selfish immediate interests` and mistrust undermine global climate efforts amid U.S. absence.
- Amid growing climate impacts, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, urged BRICS group cooperation on climate finance, capacity building and technology transfer at Cop30 in Belem Thursday.
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World leaders gather for second day of COP30 meetings in Brazil, seeking climate change solutions
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday sought to mobilize funding to halt the ongoing destruction of tropical rainforests and advance the many unmet promises made at previous summits.
As the summit of Heads of State and Government in prelude to COP30 opens in Belem, the leader criticized misinformation and "selfish interests".
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have agreed that clean energy represents "the economic opportunity of the 21st century" during a bilateral meeting on the margins of the COP30 summit, as reported by Downing Street's official residence. "They spoke about the importance of multilateralism and international collaboration to address climate change. Leaders addressed joint clean energy efforts, agre…
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