COP27: without Bolsonaro and ministers, Lula will speak at the UN area and meet with Amazon governors

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President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) travels on Monday (14) to participate in the United Nations Climate Summit (COP-27), which has been taking place since last week in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. The president-elect's departure is awaited by the international community, which hopes for the resumption of the Amazon protection agenda, which has been weakened in recent years. Members of the Brazilian government, including President Jair Bolsonaro, will not be at the event for the first time in the summit's history.

At the end of his term, President Jair Bolsonaro – the first not to be re-elected in the history of Brazil – will send an empty representation to the 17th G-20 Summit, in Bali, Indonesia. In addition to himself giving up on the trip, vice-president Hamilton Mourão and the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, refused to lead the Brazilian delegation, which will only include the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos França.

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Marina Silva

No wonder: the eyes of the world are focused on Lula, president-elect and respected when it comes to the Amazon. Bolsonaro has also been the target of attacks from environmentalists and possible members of the next government, such as elected federal deputy Marina Silva, one of the bets for the Ministry of the Environment.

Lula's agenda at the UN

On Wednesday, 16th, Lula will participate, at 11 am (6 am in Brasília time zone) in the event “Charter from the Amazon – a common agenda for climate transition”, together with governors Waldez Góes (PDT-AP) Gladson Cameli (PP-AC), Mauro Mendes (União-MT), Helder Barbalho (MDB-PA), Wanderlei Barbosa (Republicanos-TO), and Marcos Rocha (União-RO).

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At 17:15 pm (12:15 pm in Brasília time) on Wednesday, Lula makes a statement in the United Nations area (blue zone).

On Thursday, 17th, at 10 am (5 am in Brasília), Lula will meet with representatives of Brazilian civil society at the Brazil Hub pavilion, and, at 15 pm (10 am in Brasília), with the International Forum of Indigenous Peoples/Fórum of the People on Climate Change.

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pavilions

Brazil has three pavilions at the COP:

  • Consortium of Amazon Governors
  • Civil society (Brazil Hub)
  • And the federal government pavilion, which has been the most emptied

Bolsonaro never went to the COP

President Jair Bolsonaro did not attend any climate summits during his term. In 2009, Lula had already participated in a Climate Conference – COP-15, in Copenhagen.

The current management has been the target of criticism in Brazil and abroad due to the escalation of deforestation in the Amazon and attacks by the federal government on countries that transfer resources to preserve the forest, such as Norway and Germany, which have stopped donations since 2019.

The two European countries have already signaled the resumption of investments in actions to preserve the biome, via the Amazon Fund, following the results of the polls.

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