Why is President-elect Lula going to COP27 in Egypt?

On November 16-17, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the elected president of Brazil, will arrive at the Sharm El Sheikh tourist complex in Egypt. Participating in the Conference of the Climate Parties (COP27)🇧🇷 The future president of the nation was invited to the meeting by the UN and guest chairman of the event, Abdul Khalil El-Sisi.

By CNNLula will attend the event with a delegation that will include some possible future government names, such as the former Environment Minister and an elected MP. Marina Silva (Rede-SP), senators Simone Tebet (MDB-MS) and Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede-AP), in addition to biologist Isabella TeixeiraMinister for the Environment during the Dilma Rousseff government.

Why is Lula going to COP27 and not the current president?

According to journalist Josias de Souza of the Uol portal, although President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) complained that Lula had “usurped” his role, the president Expressed that he is not interested in going to COP27just as it did not attend COP25 or COP26.

On the second day of the international meeting, former US vice president environmentalist Al Gore said that Brazil “chosen to stop destroying the Amazon”. By BBC, Gore’s information is correct. Based on official information on the destruction of Amazon Forest areas created by the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), During Lula’s two terms, the deforestation rate fell 67%.

In the first three years of Bolsonaro’s rule, Inpe Deforestation rises 73 percent in the Amazon🇧🇷 According to the research institute of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the area deforested in the Amazon in the first year of the current government was 10,100 km.^two🇧🇷 10.8 thousand km^two In 2020 and 13 thousand km^two in 2021.

A new stance on climate from Brazil

The presence of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the future president of Brazil, is one of the most anticipated at COP27, even if the Brazilian delegation has not decided on the direction of its negotiations. “The world is waiting for Brazil”told DW BrazilMarina Silva, one of those quoted to take over the new Ministry of Environment.

By CNN, the president-elect may announce, during its world event, that the position of the National Authority on Climate Change has been established. The post proposed by MP Marina Silva will have the function of coordinating public policies for environmental protection at home and abroad.