Brazilian president will take fossil fuel phase-out plan to G20 summit
by Jonathan Watts and Fiona Harvey in Belém from Environment | The Guardian on (#71M9X)
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he is ready to fight for transition roadmap despite opposition from some states
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.
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