Minister stressed that the world has reached the threshold of the process that has been debated 33 years ago and is now experiencing a civilizing crisis, in which leaders prefer to war with declaring war against a planetary threat
When asked about the expectation for the which will be held in Belém, in November, the Minister of Environment and Change of Climate, It was emphatic in stating that “now, there is only one way: implement.” The minister gave the statement after participating, on Saturday (16), in Rio de Janeiro, the event focused on political mobilization in climate actions The Climate Reality Project, led by former president of the United States and environmental activist, Al Gore.
In responding to the press, Marina Silva added: “We now need to implement the commitments we have already made by consensus. We assumed in Dubai, Azerbaijan, which was $ 1.3 trillion [para financiamento climático]to triple [energia] Renewable, double energy efficiency, push us away from fossil fuel, deforestation, enable loss and damage resources. All of this has already been decided, ”he says.
The minister stressed that the world has reached the threshold of the process that has been debated 33 years ago and is now experiencing a civilizing crisis, in which leaders prefer to war with each other to declare war against a planetary threat. “There are 500 thousand lives lost each year, only due to heat wave. In two years, heat waves kill more people than what happened with Covid-19,” he said.
According to the minister, the success of climate negotiations is in good planning for the next ten years that ensures the effectiveness of actions to maintain the planet’s warming at 1.5º above the pre-industrial level. “If the Paris Agreement has led us to the way of rules and negotiation, now it has to take us to the map of the path of implementation,” said Marina.
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When questioned about the resources of rare land existing in territories occupied by traditional, indigenous and quilombola communities, the minister again supported the decision of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to veto the devices that deal with the proposal that changed the rules of environmental licensing in the country and that originated. “The decision and the vetoes that President Lula made in the PL, which removed the right to manifest indigenous peoples, peoples, quilombolas and traditional communities, in whatever venture that has to do with their lands, is a part of that response,” said Marina.
For her, any technical solution cannot be devoid of ethical care with those who have a different lifestyle and help protect natural resources and balance the planet. “The effort is that it does not look only at need, on the side of the demand, that there is also an ethical sieve on the side of the offer. These are concrete exhibitions that Brazil has to have in COP to be a real legacy,” he said.
*With information from Agência Brasil
