President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke this Wednesday (11) at the opening of the COP31 Leaders' Summit, an event held in Antalya, Turkey. In his inaugural address, the leader of the Workers' Party mentioned that the Brazilian people wielded the weapons of democracy in recent elections and confronted those who deny scientific evidence on climate change. Lula warned that environmental issues are disappearing from global discourses, being replaced by debates on arms and commercial tariffs.
The President also called on developed countries to fulfill their climate commitments, stating that their economies have grown at the expense of the planet. Among the five priorities presented for addressing the crisis, highlighted were increased climate financing, energy transition, and expanded emission reduction targets. The speech was broadcast during the opening session of the international conference on climate change.