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Ending Amazon deforestation: 4 essential reads about the future of the world's largest rainforest

Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was greeted with applause and cheers when he addressed the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 16, 2022. As he had in his campaign, Lula pledged to stop rampant deforestation in the Amazon, which his predecessor, Jair Bolsanaro, had encouraged.

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Brazil's Lula promises new day for Amazon, crackdown on illegal deforestation, at COP27

President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will step up efforts to fight illegal deforestation - but faces a challenge in delivering environmental protections alongside economic development.

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At climate summit, Brazil's Lula says deforestation to stop

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is promising to combat deforestation when he assumes office on Jan. 1

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Food firms’ plans for 1.5C climate target fall short, say campaigners

Major producers of soya and beef accused of failing to deliver on pledges to stop deforestation

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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon hits October record ahead of govt change

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reached a record for October, data showed on Friday, with land-clearing in the region speeding up as the country undergoes a transition to a more conservation-friendly government.

Reuters

Togo's new climate policies reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality – here's how

Like many African cities, Lomé, the capital of Togo, has a pollution problem.

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Tensions and war undermine climate cooperation – but there's a silver lining

In retrospect, last year’s climate talks in Glasgow look like a dream. International cooperation on methane emissions and deforestation. Acknowledgement of the urgency of the task. The world beginning to rise to the challenge, as it did to the pandemic.

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Cop27: Lula brings Brazil back into climate fold with pledge to save Amazon

Expectations are high for Brazil’s newly elected president to reverse years of climate damage

The Independent UK

Countries band together to keep forest promise

More than 25 countries at the COP27 climate talks on Monday launched a group they said would ensure they hold each other accountable for a pledge to end deforestation by 2030 and announced billions of dollars to finance their efforts.

Reuters

Lula vows to halt deforestation

The president-elect faces deep political division, and Bolsonaro still has two more months in power

Salon

Analysis-Brazil's Lula hopes to unite rainforest nations, tap funding at COP27

A new alliance of rainforest nations - sought by Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - could be key to unlocking conservation funding and bolstering a flagging global forest pact at the COP27 climate summit, environmentalists say.

Reuters

Brazil, Indonesia and DRC in talks to form ‘Opec of rainforests’

Spurred by Lula’s election, the three countries, home to half of all tropical forests, will pledge stronger conservation efforts

The Guardian - UK

Last year's deforestation pledge is off to a slow start

One year after more than 140 countries pledged to halt all deforestation by 2030, little has been done to finance protections or pass new conservation laws, experts say.

Reuters

Brazil's supreme court rules to reactivate fund to protect Amazon rainforest

Environmental activists in Brazil and the governments of Norway and Germany on Friday welcomed a supreme court ruling that clears the path for Brazil's new government to relaunch a multibillion euro international programme aimed at protecting the Amazon rainforest.

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The Conversation

Zero deforestation in the Amazon is now possible – here's what needs to happen

Jair Bolsonaro has been defeated in the Brazilian election against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (“Lula”) to the rejoicing of scientists, environmentalists, and human rights activists in Brazil and beyond. What happens in South America’s largest country is globally significant since, among other reasons, the country contains most of the…

The Guardian - AU

Brazil supreme court ruling to reactivate Amazon Fund gives hope in fight to save rainforest

Fund was paralysed when far-right president Jair Bolsonaro wound up two committees in 2019

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Lula's victory in Brazil comes just in time to save the Amazon – can he do it?

Brazil’s presidential election result is crucial for the future of the world’s forests. On Sunday, former president and Workers Party candidate Lula da Silva narrowly beat the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro. Deforestation rates had surged under Bolsonaro.

Reuters

Factbox-COP26 a year later: Where do last year's climate pledges stand?

A year ago at the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, countries, banks and business leaders announced a slew of climate plans and pledges. Here is an update on how some of the biggest promises have since progressed.

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The Independent UK

Philippine leader blames deforestation for killer mudslide

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is blaming years of deforestation for a deadly mudslide that buried a mountainside community amid last week’s torrential rains set off by a storm that has left more than 130 people dead across the country

The Independent UK

New president's bid to protect the Amazon will face hurdles

Brazil’s president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promises to reverse the surge in deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

The Independent UK

Lula faces a tough task in uniting a divided Brazil after his election win

The defeat of Jair Bolsonaro has been swiftly recognised by leaders around the world, but the man himself has yet to concede and his supporters say they are ready to take to the streets in protest if called upon. Kim Sengupta reports from Sao Paulo

Evening Standard

What Lula’s victory in the Brazilian election could mean for the Amazon rainforest

Lula radically reduced the deforestation of the Amazon in his time in office from 2003 to 2011

The Guardian - US

Lula ally pays tribute to Dom Phillips and vows to protect the Amazon

With Bolsonaro gone, Marina Silva promises to honour murdered environmental activists by ending deforestation

Axios

Lula's defeat of Bolsonaro was a climate turning point with global repercussions

Under Bolsonaro, Amazon deforestation has soared.

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This Amazon road led to vast deforestation. Brazil's Bolsonaro plans to pave it

President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for reelection Sunday, has pledged to fully pave BR-319 and turn it into a kind of jungle expressway, raising alarm from environmental groups.

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