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• ‘Nature needs money’: Lula tells rich countries to pay up and protect world’s rainforests

  09-08-2023 19:53
  
  Brazilian president says developed nations that over centuries have pumped emissions into the atmosphere must ‘pay their bit’The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has told developed countries to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to protecting the world’s remaining tropical forests, as major rainforest nations demanded hundreds of billions of dollars of climate financing and a greater role in how those resources are spent.“It’s n
  
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• The Guardian view on the Amazon summit: rich nations must now step up

  09-08-2023 19:34
  
  The election of the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has changed the environmental politics of the region. But more international assistance is neededIn last October’s Brazilian election, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Jair Bolsonaro by a margin of 1.8%. That narrowest of victories may have been the single most important environmental development of 2022. With Mr Bolsonaro in power, the Amazon rainforest was hurtling towards a tipping point after which it w
  
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• Amazon leaders fail to commit to end deforestation by 2030

  09-08-2023 13:15
  
  Eight South American presidents including Brazil’s Lula say rich countries need to pledge more resources to help protect rainforestAmazon leaders have called on rich countries to help them develop a Marshall-style plan to protect the world’s largest rainforest – but stopped short of committing to zero deforestation across the biome by 2030 amid divisions over oil extraction.In a joint declaration at the end of a two-day summit in the Brazilian city of Belém on Wednesday,
  
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• Amazon leaders call for rich countries’ support to save rainforest

  09-08-2023 11:31
  
  Eight presidents including Brazil leader Lula fail to commit to end deforestation by 2030Amazon leaders have called on rich countries to help them develop a Marshall-style plan to protect the world’s largest rainforest – but stopped short of committing to zero deforestation across the biome by 2030 amid divisions over oil extraction.In a joint declaration at the end of a two-day summit in the Brazilian city of Belém on Wednesday, the eight South American countries home to the
  
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