Lula says that King Carlos III personally asked him to “take care of the Amazon”

The president of Brazil, the leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvarevealed this Saturday that the King Charles IIIa fervent defender of the environment, personally asked him to “take care of the Amazon.”

Lula and the monarch They met at Buckingham Palace on Friday night, on the eve of the British nobleman’s coronation.

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“The first thing the king told me was that I had to take care of the Amazon. I replied: ‘I need help’”, explained the president of the South American giant, which is home to more than 60% of the largest tropical rainforest on the planet, during a press conference in London.

The Brazilian president urged developed countries on Saturday to “take the climate issue very seriously.”

On Friday, after a meeting between Lula and the British Prime Minister, Rishi SunakUnited Kingdom promised to grant 80 million pounds (about 92 million euros) to the Amazon Fundcreated in 2008 to preserve the forest and of which Norway is the main donor.

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As he did in November at COP-27 in Egypt, Lula harshly criticized developed countries for failing to fulfill their 2009 promise to raise $100 billion a year in climate aid against adaptation to climate change and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. greenhouse gases in the poorest countries.

“These countries that destroyed their forests during their industrialization 200 years ago they need to understand that they have a debt when it comes to carbon emissions, and they must pay that debt so that we can preserve our forest.” Lula added.

Returning to power for a third term last January, Lula, who previously led the South American country from 2003 to 2010, He promised to make the preservation of the Amazon a priority of his mandate and to end illegal deforestation by 2030.

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“It’s a matter of honor”, insisted on London.

Under the presidency of his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, average annual deforestation in the Amazon increased 75% compared to the previous decade.

Source: Elcomercio

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