This article is part of Insider's weekly newsletter on sustainability, written by Catherine Boudreau, senior sustainability reporter.
Lula's defeat of former President Jair Bolsonaro could mark a turning point in the fight against climate change because the Amazon sucks vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stores it in trees and soil.was lost to illegal mining and logging and agriculture; before Bolsonaro took office, deforestation had mostly been on a decade-long decline. He slashed funding for environmental enforcement and halted government efforts to demarcate Indigenous' peoples lands.
He said nature is an economic ally, not an enemy"to be knocked down by tractors and chainsaws," and promised to make climate the highest priority when he officially takes office in January. A ministry of native people will also be established, he said.the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of BrazilBolsonaro's actions legitimized an increase in violence against Indigenous peoples, Tuxá told Insider on the sidelines of COP27.
Tuxá also attended last year's UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, where 145 countries including Brazil. For the first time, countries recognized that securing land rights for Indigenous populations would help achieve that goal and mitigate climate change.
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