“There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon. We will spare no effort to bring deforestation and degradation of our biomes to zero by 2030.”

Originally posted on Washington Post, Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva intends to build Brazil back into a global climate leader after four years of rapid deforestation of the Amazon: “There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon. We will spare no effort to bring deforestation and degradation of our biomes to zero by 2030,” he said. “The fight against climate change will have the highest profile in the structure of my government.”

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