The Brazilian president urges world leaders to uphold the 2015 Paris Agreement.

On Monday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for “a new defeat of deniers” who dismiss global warming.

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“In the era of disinformation, obscurantists reject not only the evidence of science but also the progress of multilateralism,” the leftist leader said in the Amazonian city of Belem.

“They control algorithms, spread hatred, and sow fear. They attack institutions, science, and universities. It is time to impose a new defeat on the deniers,” he added during the opening speech of the United Nations Climate Change Summit (COP30).

Lula delivered a strong defense of the 2015 Paris Agreement, a commitment that the United States—one of the world’s biggest polluters—once again abandoned after Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025.

“The world is moving in the right direction but at the wrong speed. At the current pace, we are still heading toward an increase of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius in global temperature. Crossing that threshold is a risk we cannot take,” Lula said.

The Brazilian president also called on the international community to act on three fronts. First, Lula urged countries to honor previous commitments and set “ambitious” climate targets, while ensuring funding for the most vulnerable and least developed nations.

Second, he appealed to world leaders to accelerate climate action through a plan to “overcome dependence on fossil fuels.” This, he said, would require a new and stronger model of global governance, possibly through a “UN-linked climate council” with powers to monitor and sanction.

And Third, Lula called for putting people at the center of the climate agenda. “Global warming could push millions of people into hunger and poverty, undoing decades of progress. The disproportionate impact of climate change on women, Afro-descendants, migrants, and vulnerable groups must be addressed in adaptation policies,” he warned.

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Source: EFE

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