Indigenous activist, environmentalist and politician Sonia Guajajara from Brazil (right) socialises with woman after holding a panel on Indigenous Women from the Amazon, at the Cop27 UN Climate Summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Monday, November 14, 2022
BRAZILIAN president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s attendance at the Cop27 summit has boosted his country’s credibility on climate change, with other nations feeling hopeful of receiving his support.
The leftwinger, who served as president from 2003 to 2010, won back the role by defeating right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a run-off election on October 31.
Lula will use his first speech at the United Nations conference to send the message that “Brazil is back” as a leader of the fight against climate change, with a plan to ramp up environmental law enforcement and create green jobs without damaging the Amazon rainforest, his advisers said.
Powerful agribusiness interests are trying to overturn efforts by the Lula government to protect the environment and indigenous peoples of the Amazon region, writes GABRIELA SA PESSOA
