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BRASILIA, July 30 (Reuters) - Brazilian state governors met with U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Friday, sidestepping the country’s President Jair Bolsonaro in the first of several meetings with foreign powers to request funding for conservation projects aimed at combating climate change.
Bolsonaro has rolled back environmental enforcement and called for construction on protected areas since taking office in 2019, contributing to a surge in deforestation and wildfires in the Amazon rainforest and other biomes seen as critical to curbing climate change.
Seven state leaders from the Governors for Climate alliance presented a list of projects to Kerry in the virtual meeting, according to statements from governors following the meeting.
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