'No one can lecture Brazil on climate' - Lula says ahead of COP30: Video
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has declared that Brazil is setting the global standard in climate action, just one month ahead of hosting the COP30 UN climate summit in the Amazonian city of Belém.
Speaking on Wednesday, October 8, at the 6th National Children and Youth Conference for the Environment in Goiás, Lula defended Brazil's environmental record and commitment to preserving the planet.
“No one can lecture Brazil about climate issues,” he told the audience. “We are not the owners of the truth. We don’t know everything, and we can’t do everything. But there is no one, no one doing more than we are, with the dedication we’re putting in.”
Lula praised the leadership of young Brazilians in the environmental movement after receiving a letter from participants outlining proposals for climate action. Calling their activism a "small revolution," he pledged to personally deliver the letter to every world leader attending COP30 in November.
The upcoming COP30 summit, set for November in Belém, will be the first time Brazil hosts a UN climate conference. The Lula administration is expected to centre its message around Amazon preservation and South-South cooperation.
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