The president-elect of Brazil, Lula da Silva, assured this Friday in Lisbon that he will take care of the Amazon “as a World Heritage Site.”
Lula da Silva, who was speaking at a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, highlighted Brazil’s sovereignty over the Amazon, but recognized the importance of sharing research with the world to discover the potential of biodiversity.”
“We make this commitment to tell the world that we are going to ban illegal mining, we are going to ban illegal loggers, we are going to ban illegal land invasions, we are going to preserve indigenous lands and we are going to preserve various preservation areas. environment, that they remain intact, so that the people can be sure that Brazil is fulfilling its task with it”, he added.
Lula da Silva considers that the climate issue is “a challenge for Humanity”.
“We don’t have two planet Earths, we have one. And that’s the only one we’re going to take care of. Taking care with a lot of responsibility and that is why I decided to say that the richest countries have to assume the commitments, because in Doha, in 2009, it was approved that the rich countries put together a fund of 100 billion dollars to help the emerging countries of countries that they still have forests preserved and so far not a dollar has been added to the commitment assumed”, he accused.
In terms of global governance, Lula da Silva defended a “more representative solution, especially on the climate issue.”
“We need to have global governance, with more representativeness, and I defend that the UN of today cannot continue to be the UN of 1948. The world has changed, geopolitics have changed, the people have changed, the culture has changed and, therefore, Therefore, the UN Security Council needs to change. There has to be more people representing all the continents and the idea that a country can have the right of veto has to be done away with. No one is superior to anyone, ”she stressed.
The president-elect of Brazil visits Portugal after having participated in the 27th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27), in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who already served two terms as President of Brazil, between 2003 and 2011, was re-elected on October 30, in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, with 50.9% of the vote, defeating the head of the Brazilian state head, Jair Bolsonaro.
Source: Observadora
