Thursday briefing: Inside South America’s summit to save the Amazon

In today's newsletter: After years of rampant exploitation under a far-right government, Brazil has brought together leaders to help secure the future of the world's biggest rainforest - and create a just ecological transition'

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Good morning. I think the world needs to see this meeting in Belem as the most important landmark ever ... when it comes to discussing the climate question." For once you can forgive the hyperbole of Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, when he spoke about this week's Amazon summit.

Leaders from the eight South American countries that share the river basin have been meeting this week in the Brazilian city to discuss an issue that, by any measure, is a global emergency: how to protect the vast rainforest and safeguard its critical role in regulating the planetary climate.

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