China and Brazil look to set up green investment fund, say Lula aides

China and Brazil look to set up green investment fund, say Lula aides

Brazil and China are in talks to create a fund for financing the event of inexperienced business and renewable vitality in each international locations, two senior Brazilian officers informed Reuters.

The proposal could possibly be introduced throughout President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva‘s go to to Beijing subsequent week, though authorities officers mentioned there have been nonetheless some particulars to work out.

“I don’t know if it will be possible to announce, because these things are complex, but the idea is to have a bilateral fund … for investment in this area,” Lula’s high international coverage advisor Celso Amorim informed Reuters.

Amorim mentioned he expects an settlement on renewable vitality throughout Lula’s go to, which features a assembly with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday.

Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva, who might be a part of Lula’s delegation, mentioned the brand new fund below dialogue can be used to get well forests and develop a extra sustainable financial system, together with manufacturing of inexperienced hydrogen.

“Our expectation is that we can have a climate change agenda that is strategic for the world because it is undoubtedly one of humanity’s greatest challenges today,” Silva informed Reuters.

Brazil already obtained a dedication from the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on local weather coverage and forest safety when Lula visited the White House final month, she mentioned.

In the case of China, the world’s greatest emitter of greenhouse gases, Silva expects there to be “an increasingly strong agenda on the issue of climate, the protection of forests, and biodiversity.”

Silva mentioned, nevertheless, that China is not going to be part of the billion-dollar Amazon Fund began by Norway to finance sustainable improvement and shield the world’s largest tropical rainforest, which Spain, France and Britain are becoming a member of and the U.S. has dedicated to supporting.

Source: www.anews.com.tr