Lula da Silva vindicates indigenism and the fight against “inequalities” at the climate summit

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defended this Wednesday that climate change and poverty are two “inseparable” realities that must be fought together and promised “stricter” punishments against those who threaten the environment and the resources of the Amazon.

During his speech at the United Nations climate summit being held these days in the Egyptian city of Sharm el Sheikh, da Silva emphasized that “the fight against global warming is inseparable from the fight against poverty”.

Lula da Silva has advanced that he will advocate “vehemently” for the Amazon to host the United Nations climate summit in 2025, although Brazil will host the G20 a year earlier.

“Rest assured that the climate agenda will be a priority. He said my return would also take the toll of what I promised in 2009″.

“I am here to say that Brazil is ready to rejoin the efforts to rebuild a healthier planet, a fairer world, capable of welcoming with dignity all its inhabitants, not just a privileged minority,” said the new Brazilian president.

In this sense, he pointed out that “the inequality between rich and poor” is also reflected in the efforts to reduce the ravages of climate change, recalling that “the richest 1 percent of the planet’s population will exceed the limit of carbon dioxide emissions by 30 times”.

“We will strictly punish those responsible for any illegal activity, whether prospecting, mining, logging, or improper agricultural occupation. These crimes particularly affect indigenous peoples,” said Lula, who also announced the creation of a Ministry of Indigenous Peoples.

The aim is to place indigenous communities at the center of this issue and make them the beneficiaries of a growth policy based on social inclusion “with nature as a strategic ally, and no longer as an enemy to be defeated”.

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