"From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging."
"Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday put forward his vision for how the Amazon rainforest should be protected, a future that didn't depend on donations from wealthy nations and large philanthropies but instead included a major fund that paid countries to keep forests standing. I don't want to say the word donation any longer, Lula told reporters ahead of the United Nations' climate summit, known as COP30, which begins this week in Belem, a Brazilian city in the edge of the Amazon."
"Someone gives us $50 million. It is nice, but that's nothing," he said. "We need billions to deal with our problems, problems of people who are (living) there. In Belem, Lula is expected to launch an initiative named Tropical Forests Forever Fund, aiming to support more than 70 developing countries that commit to preservation. So far, Colombia, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia and Malaysia have joined."
The Independent sends reporters to cover developing stories across reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech and does not lock reporting behind paywalls. The Independent investigates topics such as Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC and produces documentaries like 'The A Word', relying on reader support to fund on-the-ground journalism. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva proposed the Tropical Forests Forever Fund to pay countries to keep forests standing rather than depend on donations from wealthy nations and philanthropies. Lula said billions are needed to address local problems and plans to launch the fund at COP30 in Belem. Several developing countries have joined and multiple wealthy nations are helping shape and likely invest in the mechanism.
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