Reference News Network December 2** According to the Efe news agency on December 1**, Brazil's **Lula criticized those countries that benefited from the war at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Dubai on the 1st and called on the United Nations to play a more proactive role.
In his speech, Lula said: "We must believe in multilateralism again. It is incomprehensible that the United Nations has not been able to maintain peace despite its efforts, since some of its members have benefited from war. ”
He recalled that in 2022 alone, the world spent more than $2 billion on **, "which could have been invested in the fight against hunger and the fight against climate change".
"How many tonnes of carbon emissions will there be in the process of missiles streaking across the sky and falling on innocent civilians, especially hungry children and women?," he asked”
Lula quoted Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai from Kenya as saying: "The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price. ”
Lula cited the drought in the Brazilian Amazon region and the tornado in the south of the country as examples and pointed out: "Science and reality tell us that this time the bill has come early. ”
According to Lula, the financial assistance promised in some "eloquent" for countries in need is not in place and is therefore "hollow". In contrast, there is a greater need for "concrete action".
Lula questioned: "How many world leaders are truly committed to saving the planet?"In his speech, he pointed out that inequality is an obstacle to the protection of natural resources. (Compiled by Liu Lifei).