"The Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has told Cop30 delegates that he will take his fossil fuel transition roadmap to the G20 in Johannesburg this week to campaign for it, despite reports that petrostates have said they will not accept the plan. Before leaving Cop30 in Belem, the figurehead of the global south told civil society representatives he was ready to fight for the proposal to phase out oil, coal and gas in whatever forum was necessary."
"Lula told me that he was all in on the roadmap and that he would campaign for it everywhere, in the G7 and G20, said Marcio Astrini, director of the Climate Observatory campaign group. It's his proposal. He's worried about those who are threatened by extreme climate events. That's what moves him. He understands the climate crisis is a machine that worsens poverty and inequality."
"Climate conferences are always games of three-dimensional chess as the world's governments juggle priorities and haggle over commitments. But the prospect of Lula opening a new front for his campaign in Johannesburg adds an intriguing transcontinental twist. It would also lift the stakes. The G20 brings together more powerful world leaders than Cop, where negotiations are mainly conducted by ministers. There is certainly a need for more impetus."
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will present a fossil fuel transition roadmap at the G20 in Johannesburg and actively campaign for its adoption. The roadmap calls for phasing out oil, coal and gas and attracted 82 governments representing only 7% of global fossil fuel production. Key producers including Russia, China, India and South Africa reportedly told the Brazilian COP presidency they would not accept the plan, and a like-minded developing countries grouping also expressed reservations. The proposal has been removed from the latest draft of the main negotiating text, and the Brazilian presidency has restricted information.
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