Sources close to the large Brazilian delegation said that Lula would be received at Expo City Dubai, the venue for the forum, and then meet with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, at the first bilateral meeting of the day. .
He will then attend the opening session of the COP28 Presidency and then speak at the first session of the high-level Heads of State and Government segment.
“We are going to the COP to discuss the conservation of the Amazon rainforest and to see if the rich countries are actually willing to make the investments so that the countries that have rainforests can preserve their forests…,” he said to journalists before taking off from Doha, Qatar, bound for Dubai.
Bilateral meetings are also planned for this day between the former trade union leader and the President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the head of government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, and his counterpart from Guyana, Mohamed Irfaan Ali.
In the afternoon, Lula is expected to visit the Brazil Pavilion at COP28 before attending a special dinner called “The Amazon: an immersive experience” alongside Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates.
“We have a huge, very large green and renewable energy program. “We have a comprehensive program to restore degraded areas,” said the Brazilian president.
He explained: “The discussion that will take place at the COP may not be decisive yet, but I think we need to change the game so that people learn that the planet is not kidding.” The planet is warning you: Beware on me, otherwise you are the ones who will lose,” he emphasized.
According to experts, at COP28 Lula will try to highlight Brazil as an environmental leader and attract investments for environmental protection and the energy transition.
With the Amazon experiencing a 22.3 percent decline in deforestation, the progressive leader comes to the event with positive data.
Ministers from different sectors must also be present at the summit, signaling a broad approach to the environmental issue.
In addition, this year at the conference the Brazilian government must propose a new mechanism for raising resources to finance nature conservation in countries with forests.
Likewise, an ambitious goal of reducing emissions by 53 percent by 2030 compared to 2005 (when the Paris Agreement was signed), exceeding the previous 50 percent.
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