Lula's proposal: 'Create a Climate Council at the UN'
On the opening day of the UN conference in Belem, President Brailiano calls for 'defeating climate change deniers'
by our correspondent Roberto Da Rin
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RIO DE JANEIRO - The unparalleled humour of the Brazilians, the hosts of the Cop30 that opened yesterday in Belem, instils perplexity about the success of the summit, especially because of a difficult negotiation, not on the agenda, but of paramount importance: the hospitality of the 50,000 participants. Forced to face the difficulties linked to a hotel offer totally misaligned to demand. The cruise ship, an ocean liner, made available only a few days ago by the government, could buffer the emergency but opens up the issue of delegation security.
Indeed, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula himself explained it well: 'Organising the COP here is as big a challenge as ending the pollution of the planet. We have decided to accept the challenge to show that nothing is impossible for mankind'.
'The climate is not a future threat,' Lula continued, 'it is a present tragedy. Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean and the tornado in Paraná have claimed lives and left a trail of destruction. From droughts and fires in Africa and Europe to floods in South America and South-East Asia, rising global temperatures spread pain and suffering, especially among the most vulnerable populations. Cop30 will be the Cop of Truth. In the age of disinformation, where the obscurantists reject not only scientific evidence, but also the advances of multilateralism'.
Hence Lula's proposal: 'Moving forward requires more robust global governance that can ensure that words are translated into action. The proposal to create a Climate Council, linked to the UN General Assembly, is a way to give this challenge the political importance it deserves'.
The climate emergency is a 'multifacetado' issue, so say the Brazilians. That is, it has many facets. Among these is that of the unfairness of socio-economic development. This is why Lula made it clear that 'a fair transition must help reduce the asymmetries between the North and South of the world, forged by centuries of emissions. The climate emergency is a crisis of inequality. It exposes and amplifies what is already unacceptable. It deepens the perverse logic that defines who is worthy to live and who must die'.
