COP27 caught Biden’s ear and ex-secretary broke quarantine

US President Joe Biden has urged “all countries to do more” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The American tugging on his ears took place on the sixth day of COP27, the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference celebrated with the participation of the American.

Maria Beatriz Milliet, former Minister of Environment under the direction of Ricardo Salles (PL-SP), attended the event, which took place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Milliet, who broke the quarantine, left the public administration and went to the event and the 6-month period required to move to the private sector.

Biden gives ear-pulls. giving warning and Biden urges “all countries to do more” that the climate crisis threatens “the life of the planet”. He presented the US climate investment plan as an example.

“The climate crisis concerns people’s safety, economic security, national security, and the life of the planet,” said the US president.

“All countries must do more. At this meeting we must renew and raise our climate targets,” he insisted.

Help for poor countries During Biden’s visit, the expectation about the poor and the countries most affected by climate change was shaped around the news that financial aid to the countries on the forefront of the effects of global warming was insufficient.

Biden promised to contribute $11.4 billion to the countries most affected by climate change. It has committed $150 million “in advance” to Prepare for Africa (the President’s Contingency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience).

targets by 2030. Biden also promised to meet the US’s carbon dioxide reduction targets by 2030 “to avoid climate hell” and spoke of the need to reduce methane emissions. “Reducing methane by at least 30% by 2030 may be our best shot at meeting our goal,” he said.

The Democrat also apologized for his predecessor Donald Trump’s decision to leave the Paris Agreement and assured him that the United States was on track to meet its obligations.

External debt for climate action what developing countries are proposing at COP27 this Friday. The proposal, championed by countries such as Argentina and the V20, the group of most climate-vulnerable countries, proposes changing the restructuring of their foreign debt as a way to make climate finance viable.

“Without more fiscal space and an international forum to address outstanding debt issues, many countries will not be able to meet their development priorities and make vital progress towards climate goals, leading to a global failure on climate change,” the initiative said.

Former secretary violates quarantine. Maria Beatriz Milliet, former secretary of the Ministry of Environment in the government of Jair Bolsonaro (PL), did not respect the quarantine to avoid conflicts of interest between leaving the public administration and switching to the private sector.

According to the news of the Folha de São Paulo newspaper, he has been working as the sustainability manager at Copersucar, which represents the sugar and sugar cane industry and exports these products, since October.

Milliet was even nominated by the ministry to participate in COP27, but was acquitted on September 29 this year. He went to the event as the manager of a sugar cooperative.

Brazil by weight Brazil has the second largest delegation at COP27. According to the preliminary UN listing, more than 33,000 delegates signed up for COP27, making it possibly the second largest peak in COP history. The final list of COP27 participants will be published after the end of the summit.

The United Arab Emirates has registered the largest party delegation this year, according to Carbon Brief, which collects provisional data from the UN in one analysis. With over 1,000 people, the UAE delegation is almost twice the size of Brazil, the second largest country.

Traditional Friday protest. HE Friday’s climate protest is now a classic at UN climate change conferences. This year was no different. Although the group was small, it was photographed and filmed by an Egyptian security guard.

The peaceful demonstration of Fridays For Future youth lasted less than an hour. Due to the history of human rights abuses in Egypt, activism was frequent at the event, such as the speech by Sanaa Seif, sister of political prisoner Alaa Abd el-Fattah.

(with information from RFI and AFP)