Brazil’s president, the leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, revealed this Saturday that King Carlos III, a staunch defender of the environment, had personally asked him to “take care of the Amazon”.
Lula and the monarch met at Buckingham Palace on Friday night, on the eve of the British nobleman’s coronation.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla greet Buckingham’s balcony with their family, but without Prince Harry and Andrew
“The first thing the king told me was to take care of the Amazon. I replied: ‘I need help,’” the president of the South American giant, which is home to more than 60% of the world’s largest tropical forest, declared at a press conference in London.
Brazil’s president on Saturday urged developed countries to “take the climate issue very seriously”.
On Friday, after a meeting between Lula and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the United Kingdom pledged to allocate £80 million (about €92 million) to the Amazon Fund, which was set up in 2008 to preserve the forest and of which Norway is the main donor.
As he did in November at COP-27 in Egypt, Lula sharply criticized developed countries for failing to meet their 2009 pledge to raise $100 billion annually in climate aid to adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. to land.
For example, the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Gustavo Manrique attended the coronation of Carlos III
“These countries that destroyed their forests during their industrialization 200 years ago need to understand that they have a debt when it comes to carbon emissions, and they need to pay that debt so that we can preserve our forest,” added Lula.
Lula, who previously led the South American country from 2003 to 2010, returned to power for a third term last January, pledging to make conservation of the Amazon a priority of his term and end illegal activity by 2030. deforestation.
“It’s a matter of honour,” he insisted in London.
Under the presidency of his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, average annual deforestation in the Amazon rose by 75% compared to the previous decade.
Source: Eluniverso
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