on the second day COP27 (27th United Nations Climate Change Conference), President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) was indirectly criticized in his speech by environmentalists. Get Gore, former vice president of the United States. In his speech at the event, he said that Brazil’s elected president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) “chosen to stop destroying the Amazon”, referring to his victory in the 30th election.
French President Emmanuel Macron drew attention to his backstage speech at the conference with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. In a friendly, minute-and-a-half interaction, he invited the Venezuelan leader to “carry out useful bilateral work” for Latin America.
This Monday (7), Al Gore, Macron and Maduro, as well as the UN Secretary General (United Nations), António Guterres and heads of state from countries such as Germany, France and Italy also attended the event. They made statements at the meeting held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The event, which started yesterday, continues until the 18th.
Al Gore celebrates Bolsonaro’s defeat. Without directly mentioning the Brazilian president’s name, former U.S. vice president Al Gore (who held office from 1993 to 2001 during Bill Clinton’s administration) celebrated the election of Lula. For him, the change of power in Brazil is a reason for hope.
We need more, but we have a basis for hope. A few days ago, the Brazilian people chose to stop the destruction of the Amazon.
Former US Vice President Al Gore speaks at COP27
The American referred to the protection of the Amazon rainforest when he talked about the challenges the world must face to stop global warming and reduce the use of fossil fuels. Al Gore urged countries to “take your feet off the accelerator” to fight climate change.
“We need to take our foot off the accelerator. We need to follow the law of first holes: stop digging when we’re in one. We have to stop making this crisis worse,” he said.
Blaming the French president. In his official speech, Macron called for the US and China to take measures to combat climate change, because, according to him, “only European countries pay” for poor countries to cut emissions. The French president said developing countries should “quickly abandon” energy sources such as coal.
Debut from Giorgia Meloni. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made her debut at the event today. Elected to the post at the end of October, he used the rostrum to affirm his government’s commitment to the fight against climate change.
The Italian prime minister said he was “strongly convinced of the country’s commitment to decarbonisation, in line with the Paris COP targets”. [em 2015]He stressed that it is necessary to “diversify and develop energy in close cooperation with African countries”.
Guterres talks about “mass suicide”. UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a speech alert on the urgency of global climate control. In his speech, he called for wealthy countries and private institutions to strive to reduce damage to the planet and prevent “mass suicide.”
Humanity has a choice to make: cooperate or die in climate, move towards solidarity in climate or the world risks mass suicide.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres at COP27
Scholz calls for control of fossil fuels. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged the international community not to overlook renewable energy targets, despite the impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine on the energy market.
“There can’t be a worldwide renaissance of fossil fuels. Regarding Germany, I can say: it won’t,” Scholz said. Damaged by the decline in Russia’s gas imports, Germany had to reopen its coal plants.
However, Scholz said the measure would be implemented “for a short time” as an emergency. “We are determined to give up coal,” he assured.
Lula has to go next week. Bolsonaro has no plans to go to the COP, while Lula has to travel to Egypt on the 15th in the second week of the event. Prior to that, he travels to Brasília for a series of political meetings, including the heads of the Legislative and Judicial Powers.
As president-elect, Lula was invited by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El Sisi to speak at the COP. The PT’s return to power is seen as a hope for the continuation of the country’s environmental prowess.
Former Environment Minister Marina Silva (Rede-SP), who is expected to return to office under the Lula government, said in an interview with CNN today that Brazil’s role in the environmental debate will be “no longer as a blackmailer, but as a hero”. because, according to him, Bolsonaro’s government was conditional on commitments in the region to foreign financing.
source: Noticias
