The era of fine speeches and good intentions is over. Brazil’s Cop30 will be about action | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

This is our message to world leaders: make this the Cop of truth', before people lose faith

• Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is the president of Brazil

Today, in the Brazilian Amazon, the Belem summit opens ahead of the 30th United Nations climate change conference (Cop30). I have convened world leaders in the days leading up to the conference so that we can all commit to acting with the urgency the climate crisis demands.

If we fail to move beyond speeches into real action, our societies will lose faith - not only in the Cops, but in multilateralism and international politics more broadly. That is why I have summoned leaders to the Amazon: to make this the Cop of truth", the moment we demonstrate the seriousness of our shared commitment to the planet.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is the president of Brazil