Amazon rainforest nations emerged from a summit this week with a stronger hand to play at upcoming UN climate talks, despite the meeting's lackluster final agreement, according to environmental groups.
Ecuador's Foreign Minister Gustavo Manrique, Guyana's Prime Minister Mark Phillips, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Bolivia's President Luis Arce, Peru's President Dina Boluarte, Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and Suriname's Foreign...
The Brazilian nonprofit Amazon Environmental Research Institute said the declaration fell short by leaving out a hard target to end deforestation, but it was still important to show a united front among rainforest nations. Marcio Astrini, head of the nonprofit Climate Observatory, called the declaration "very weak." But he also applauded the symbolism of the eight Amazon countries meeting together for the first time in 14 years and joining their voices with the world's other major rainforests.
Rainforest nations thus far have focused on past funding commitments. The final joint statement demanded that developed countries make good on a promise to deliver $100 billion annually in climate financing to poorer nations, after missing their 2020 deadline.
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