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flag Brazil cut emissions 16.7% in 2024, mainly by reducing Amazon deforestation under Lula, but oil drilling sparks climate concerns.

flag Brazil recorded its largest annual drop in greenhouse gas emissions in 15 years, a 16.7% decrease in 2024, largely due to reduced Amazon deforestation under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. flag His administration has strengthened environmental enforcement, reversing the deforestation surge under former President Jair Bolsonaro. flag The progress supports Brazil’s 2030 zero-deforestation pledge ahead of hosting the UN climate summit COP30 in Belem. flag However, concerns persist over Lula’s support for an offshore oil project in the Foz do Amazonas region, where Petrobras began drilling after environmental approval, with critics calling the move contradictory to climate goals despite Lula’s claim that oil revenues will fund the green transition.

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