Brazil will regain its climate 'leadership' -- ex-minister

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 14, 2022 12:04 am

Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt: Brazil will protect the Amazon 'with its own efforts' without waiting for international funding, the former environment minister of incoming President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday (Sunday in Manila) at UN climate talks.

Credited with curbing deforestation in the 2000s, Marina Silva outlined key environmental priorities for the new president, who will visit the climate talks next week in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Brazilian politician and environmentalist Marina Silva poses for a picture during an interview on the sidelines of the COP27 climate conference in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, on Nov. 12, 2022. Brazil will protect the Amazon with its own efforts without waiting for international funding, the former environment minister of incoming President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said at UN climate talks. AFP PHOTO

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