Brazil's Lula Joins Negotiators at UN Climate Talks; No Major Deal Cut

The arrival of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at UN climate talks was hoped to spur nations to meet a self-imposed early deadline for progress on tough issues.

Lula and several other leaders are pushing to create a roadmap toward a transition to renewable energy. (Photo: Lula Facebook)

For now, it hasn’t worked, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

In a recent news conference, Lula skipped any update on the status of the talks.

Instead, he renewed his earlier calls for action, arguing that the world must reduce its use of fossil fuels such as oil, gas, and coal. “We haven’t found another place to live,” Lula, flanked by Brazilian negotiators and his wife, said, Mainichi Shimbun also reported.

Lula and several other leaders are pushing to create a roadmap toward a transition to renewable energy.

But in his remarks Wednesday, he was careful to say there was no intention to “impose anything on anybody,” adding that countries could transition at their own pace and count on financial assistance to do so.

Lula’s return to the talks, along with the presence of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, had stirred some optimism that COP30, as the talks are known, would move forward more quickly ahead of the scheduled wrap-up.