Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is asking Britain, France, the United States and others to donate to an international fund to protect the Amazon rainforest, a bulwark against climate change, Lula advisers said on Tuesday.
The Amazon Fund, started under leftist Lula's first administration from 2003-2010, bankrolled conservation projects and counts Norway and Germany as its biggest donors.
Stopping deforestation in the Amazon, which absorbs vast amounts of planet-warming greenhouse gas, is part of Lula'sfor Brazil to reclaim leadership on climate change measures. Bolsonaro prioritized economic development over environmental protection and appointed climate skeptics as ministers. Lula will be working with a 2023 budget that was passed under Bolsonaro and so contributing to the fund, "expanding the resources beyond what's being done already by Norway and Germany, will be very useful for facing this difficult moment we will have," Silva said.
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to visit Brazil in the first half of 2023 to discuss potential cooperation before his country makes a final decision on joining the fund, she said.
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