Brazil president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives in Egypt ahead of his planned appearance at the climate talks where he will deliver the message 'Brazil is back.' COP27
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, on his first international trip since being elected Brazilian president, arrived on Tuesday, November 15, in Egypt, where he is expected to tell the COP27 UN climate talks that “Brazil is back” in the fight against global warming.
A Lula spokesperson said the president-elect was set to have a meeting on Tuesday with US Climate Envoy John Kerry and to hold a phone call with Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Khalil Al-Sisi. They said other countries know Brazil will soon have a Lula government that has promised to take the issue more seriously than Bolsonaro, a climate change skeptic.For example, Brazil is expected to continue pushing for rich nations with high greenhouse gas emissions to pay poor nations for historic damage to the climate under Lula, the diplomats said.
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