Lula’s balancing act: Cop30 Amazon summit juggles climate and social priorities

<p>Brazil’s president welcomes world leaders while navigating divided government, promising action on deforestation and emissions</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/06/tropical-forest-forever-fund-proposed-cop30-tackle-climate-change">How could the Tropical Forest Forever Facility tackle deforestation?</a></p></li></ul><p>Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has welcomed world leaders to Belém for the first climate summit in the Amazon, where conservationists hope he can be a champion for the rainforest and its people.</p><p>But with a divided administration, a hostile Congress and 20th-century developmentalist instincts, this global figurehead of the centre left has a balancing act to perform in advocating protection of nature and a reduction of emissions.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/08/brazil-amazon-summit-juggles-climate-and-social-priorities">Continue reading...</a>