A historic first. Joe Biden became the first sitting American president to visit the Amazon rainforest on Sunday November 17. The Democrat appeared there in an appropriate look: rangers on his feet, Indiana Jones-style shirt (but blue) and aviator glasses on his nose. The head of state stopped in Manaus, Brazil, on the way to the G20 – which is being held this year in Lima, Peru – to talk about the dangers of global warming, Reuters reports.
Accompanied by Nobel Prize winner Carlos Nobre, Joe Biden flew over the Amazon and noted the very low level of the Amazon and Río Negro rivers due to the worst drought hitting Brazil in decades. But also the scars of deforestation and the latest fires. He also met with indigenous leaders who are working to preserve the rainforest. “The trees in the world’s forests release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and yet every minute the world cuts down the equivalent of 10 football fields of forest,” he lamented to journalists.
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An additional contribution of 50 million
Joe Biden subsequently announced an additional contribution of $50 million to the Amazon Fund, bringing the American commitment to $100 million and declared that he would leave the next president with a strong climate policy to build on. if he wishes.” But Donald Trump has called climate change a “hoax” and plans to roll back much of the “historic” climate legislation put in place by his predecessor. “We don’t have to choose between the environment and the economy. We can do both,” he said, insisting that while some might deny or delay the climate revolution, “no one, no one, can reverse it.”
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged to end deforestation in his country’s rainforest by 2030 and urged rich countries to contribute to the cause through the Amazon Fund managed by the state-owned Bank of Brazil. development of Brazil.
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