Members of the Brazilian government are apprehensive about the possible return of Donald Trump to the White House and are preparing for what one official described as a “greater potential for conflict.” The list of concerns includes the climate agenda.
On Friday (1st), President Lula expressed his support for Democrat Kamala Harris and included the Republican in what he views as a resurgence of “Nazism and fascism with a different face” around the world. The good relationship between Lula and Joe Biden is unlikely to continue between Lula and Trump, and some setbacks are already seen as likely. One of these is a reversal in environmental cooperation. When he was president, Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement and repealed a series of environmental regulations and incentives for the energy transition.
Brazil is preparing to host the COP, the UN climate conference, in Belém in 2025 and was counting on financial and political support from the U.S. to make the event a platform for new financing mechanisms for the energy transition.
