The Amazon rainforest, located in South America, is known as the "lungs of the earth", providing us with a lot of oxygen, absorbing a lot of carbon dioxide and maintaining the balance of the global ecosystem. However, this huge green space of 5.5 million square kilometers has been being cut down and destroyed. In recent years, the loss of trees in the rainforest has been exacerbated by climate change, droughts and forest fires and floods caused by people's actions.
Lula, Brazil, said at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai on December 1 local time that if the world does not contribute to the protection of the Amazon rainforest, then the rise in global temperature will lead to the irreversible reduction of rainforest trees.
Brazil** Lula:The Amazon rainforest is currently experiencing an unprecedented drought, with river levels at their lowest levels in more than 120 years. I never imagined that I would witness what the world's largest freshwater reservoir is going through. But the future of the Amazon rainforest depends not only on the Amazonians, and if other countries do their part, rising global temperatures could trigger the transformation of the Amazon rainforest savanna to the point of no return.
Focus on the difficulties faced by countries in the Global South in the fight against climate change
Lula has previously said that for a long time, developed countries have not made due commitments to fight climate change, which has led to nearly two centuries of "debt on climate issues". Without immediate action, the effects of climate change will be irreversible. At the meeting on the 1st, he called for attention to the difficult situation faced by the countries of the Global South, especially the least developed countries, in the fight against climate change.
Brazil** Lula:Many countries in the Global South are unable to meet their NDCs, or set more ambitious targets. The least developed countries had no choice between fighting climate change and fighting poverty, and they had to strike a balance between the two.
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