Lula's Plan to End Amazon Deforestation and Boost Climate Action

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has unveiled a plan to end illegal deforestation in the Amazon, with a roadmap to achieve the ambitious goal of halting illegal deforestation by 2030. Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, with almost 3% of global emissions, and almost half of Brazil’s carbon emissions come from deforestation. Lula’s administration also pledged to achieve net zero deforestation by restoring native vegetation stocks as compensation for legal vegetation removal. The plan includes measures to increase monitoring and law enforcement and pledges to create new conservation units.