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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jonathan Watts and Fiona Harvey in Belém

Brazilian president will take fossil fuel phase-out plan to G20 summit

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks at the climate conference Cop30.
The Brazilian president, known as Lula, is worried about those on the front line of extreme climate events, according to civil society representatives. Photograph: André Borges/EPA

The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio 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 Belém, 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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