The president's main objective is to expand partnerships with African countries and to demand financial aid promised to countries suffering the effects of climate change.
The Brazilian Environment minister contends that the current text lacks ambition regarding deadlines and clearer language and deems it insufficient in this regard.
Earlier in May, Brazil had garnered the support of practically all South American and Caribbean countries, meeting a crucial UN requirement for hosting the climate talks.
Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said the plan is both a platform both for sustainable investment in Brazil and “a globalization that’s environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive.”
At COP28, in Dubai, the president noted that humanity faces increasingly extreme and frequent droughts, floods, and heatwaves, and mentioned the drought in northern Brazil and the floods in the South. “Science and reality show us that this time we’ll have to pay earlier.”