Caught between saving forests and drilling for oil, COP30 places Lula’s contradictions on show

Regardless of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s much-vaunted ambitions to guide the battle in opposition to local weather change and the deforestation that has ravaged the Amazon, Lula continues to look to the nation’s oil business to construct Brazil’s wealth. He argues that the cash generated from oil exports will assist finance the nation’s accelerating transition to cleaner vitality.[/gpt3]