Climate Politics
Lula Bets Brazil’s Pivot on Climate Will Steal the Show at COP28
The president will focus attention on the Amazon rainforest and unveil major new policies to signal a return to green goals after the Bolsonaro years.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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At last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, Brazil’s then president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won cheers when he declared “Brazil is back” in the fight against global warming. It was a rebuke of his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, who presided over surging deforestation of the Amazon rainforest aided by weakened environmental protections.