The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should rally legislators to approve the Escazú Agreement, more than X Brazilian and international organizations said today in a letter to Institutional Relations Minister Alexandre Padilha. The regional agreement protects the rights to access to information and public participation in decision-making processes on environmental matters and contains specific provisions for protecting environmental human rights defenders.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took an important step to strengthen protection for environmental defenders across Brazil by sending the Escazú Agreement to Congress for approval on May 11.
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Biden’s climate plan faces global skepticism
President Joe Biden s new climate commitment leaves some wondering whether the U.S. will stick to the plan this time.
President Joe Biden listens during a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate with 40 world leaders at the East Room of the White House April 22. | Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images
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The U.S. government finds itself in an unfamiliar position midway through President Joe Biden’s global climate summit: struggling to deploy the moral authority and financial heft needed to assume global leadership.
Washington s history of backing out or failing to ratify climate commitments now jeopardizes widespread support for Biden’s just-announced plans to cut U.S. carbon dioxide output between 50 and 52 percent by 2030, compared with 2005 levels.