Lula Announces Creation of Climate Authority Amid Spread of Fires and Drought in Country

The President announced the measure on Tuesday during an agenda held in Manaus. Post was conceived by the campaign of the then PT candidate during the 2022 elections, but until now it had not been implemented

The President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced on Tuesday 10 the creation of Climate Authoritya body created during the 2022 election campaign to demand compliance with environmental objectives by other areas of public power, but which has not yet been implemented. The measure was announced in the middle advance fires and record drought in different regions of the country, such as the Pantanal and Amazon.

It was expected that the current Environment Minister, Marina Silva, would take over the post during the government transition, which did not happen.

“Our goal is to create the conditions to expand and accelerate public policies based on a national plan to combat extreme climate risks. Our focus must be on adaptation and preparation to combat this phenomenon. To achieve this, we will establish a climate authority and a technical-scientific committee that supports and articulates the implementation of the federal government’s actions,” said the President of the Republic.

Lula has spoken Manaus during an event with mayors to announce measures to mitigate the effects of drought in the Amazon region. The PT member said that it is forbidden to burn at the wrong time and that he wants to show that it is possible to improve life without destroying the environment. According to him, it is necessary to value those who leave the forest standing.

“We thought it would only catch fire in the Pantanal, that it would only catch fire in the Caatinga, that it would only catch fire in the Atlantic Forest, that it would only catch fire in the Amazon. No. It caught fire in 45 cities on the same day in São Paulo. And this fire is criminal, these are people who are trying to set fires to destroy this country,” said the President of the Republic.

“We must be aware that we must punish those who set fires. It is forbidden to set fires at the wrong time. Many times, other small producers try to set fires on their lands to clear the fields, but they can lose control and this can destroy things that He does not even know he is destroying,” said the PT member. He mentioned the air quality of São Paulo, which was the worst among the world’s major cities in recent days.

Lula said the federal government cannot “keep fighting” with mayors and that it is necessary to turn local leaders into partners. He said mayors must feel “complicit” in protecting the environment. The president defended the granting of “this gain for the protection of the forest” to all mayors in the country.

Chapada dos Veadeiros and Jalapão: Fires and Drought Devastate Natural Resorts Across Brazil

THE State has shown that in September 2024, Federal conservation areas and state parks have been closed due to wildfires which affect a large part of the country, the main attractions are located in the Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, near Cuiabá (MT), (Morro São Jerônimo, Véu de Noiva, Circuito das Cachoeiras, Cachoeirinha and Cachoeira dosdados). Closed .

The Brasilia National Forest was also closed this Monday 9, as well as the Araçoiaba Hill trail in the Ipanema National Forest, 120 km from the city of São Paulo.

According to information from the Department of Environment, Infrastructure and Logistics (Semil) of the state of SP, 81 state parks in São Paulo have also been closed since the beginning of the month.

Since last Thursday 5, the fire has also affected the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, in Goiás, declared a Natural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The first outbreak, located in the region of the 14th Parallel, has already been controlled. But there are still active outbreaks in the Simão Correa region and also outside the park, in the Segredo region: 70 brigades are fighting. /COLLABORATION BY JULIANA DOMINGOS DE LIMA

Source: Terra

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