President Lula, which takes place in November, in the city of Belém.
André takes on the challenge of managing the meeting in the face of a shift in United States environmental policy following Donald Trump’s arrival in power.
André was Brazil’s main negotiator at the last two climate summits. The diplomat was secretary of climate, energy and environment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since the beginning of President Lula’s third term.
The economist defends a national pact to guarantee the unity of Brazilian interests during COP 30. Ten months before the start of the event, Corrêa do Lago is already encountering difficulties in preparing the meeting.
One of Donald Trump’s first measures after taking office as president of the
The resolution, which is ten years old, seeks to limit global warming to 1.5 °C.
Trump too Even before the Republican took office, Americans were already the largest extractors of these fossil fuels in the world.
With the climate summit this year, the expectation was to improve and implement policies to contain the generation of greenhouse gases. Now, with the new Trump administration, this planning is at risk.
“We are all still analyzing President Trump’s decisions, but there is no doubt that and the way we will have to deal with such an important country is disconnecting from this process,” said Corrêa do Lago.
Even so, Brazil’s objective at the summit is to convince the countries present to join global climate financing networks. The priority will be to ensure the progress of the new qualified collective goal, signed during COP 29, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The program envisages that developed nations transfer resources to developing countries, seeking to reduce polluting gas emissions. The forecast is that US$300 billion would be raised per year by 2035.
