Brazil's election result and consequences for its climate policy

geordief

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I thought this was interesting following Lula's win today

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/30/americas/brazil-election-lula-da-silva-wins-intl/index.html


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In an interview with foreign press in August, Lula da Silva called for “a new world governance” to address climate change and stressed that Brazil should take a central role in that governance, given its natural resources.

According to the head of Lula da Silva’s government plan, Aloizio Mercadante, another tactic will be to create a group including Brazil, Indonesia and Congo ahead of the UN-led November 2022 Conference of Parties. The group would aim to pressure richer countries to finance the protection of forests as well as outlining strategies for the global carbon market.

Several experts told CNN they believed his stance on environment and the climate issue could represent a fresh start in Brazil’s international relations."


Yes those countries do bear great responsibilities and it seems fair that that should be acknowledged.

It is those countries that never contributed much to the problem (or benefited much from the overexploitation) that stand to suffer the most.

This is another group and might serve to represent better the diversity of ways that the problem should be addressed in different circumstances.

Anyway congrats to Lula and those who voted in Brazil's election.
 
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