Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has unveiled a plan to end illegal deforestation in the Amazon, a critical step in addressing the country’s significant carbon emissions from the region. This strategy, set to be implemented over four years, provides a roadmap to achieve the ambitious goal of halting illegal deforestation by 2030. Lula also announced his government will return Brazil's international carbon reduction commitment to that set in 2015 during the Paris Agreement. At the time, Brazil committed to reducing carbon emissions by 37% by 2025. Lula's predecessor, far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, had scaled back Brazil's commitments.
  • Barbarian@lemmy.ml
    10·
    1 year ago

    If they actually manage this, it’ll definitely be a huge step in the right direction. Amazonian deforestation is a global problem due to how important it is for the climate.

    • vxnxnt@feddit.deEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I really hope they can get some real work done within the next 3-4 years. And if they do, another fascist coming to power in the next election and undoing all of the current administration’s work is what really worries me.

  • Exaggeration207@beehaw.org
    8·
    1 year ago

    I know Lula is not perfect, but I’m really glad Bolsonaro is out of office and his feeble effort to cling to power fizzled out. The Amazon deforestation he endorsed, tacitly or otherwise, is a travesty from both an environmental and indigenous rights perspective.

    • NinmiOP
      7·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, you’re pretty much never gonna get whatever one deems perfect, but at least there’s always the next election when democracy itself isn’t at stake.

  • Rentlar@beehaw.org
    5·
    1 year ago

    Quite an impressive initiative, it gives me hope that large organizations like government and multinational companies will take real action against climate change.

    Way to lead by example, Lula.