Category: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?

Climate summit in Brazil needs to find way to stop global heating accelerating amid stark divisions“It broke my heart.” Surangel Whipps, president of the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, was sitting in the front row of the UN’s general assembly in New Yor…

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‘Giving up would be a betrayal’: Miliband says 1.5C target still alive before Cop30

Exclusive: Environment secretary says global tipping points are possible as he rejects far-right climate ‘defeatism’Tackling the climate emergency is one of the key issues that could turn the tide against hard-right populists across the world, the UK’s…

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Brazil to ask countries at Cop30 to vastly increase biofuel use, leak suggests

Exclusive: Document sets draft pledge for leaders gathering at climate summit to increase use of controversial fuelsBrazil will ask countries to quadruple the global use of “sustainable fuels”, including controversial biofuels, despite concerns from en…

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