BELÉM, Brazil — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called late Wednesday for a global winding-down of fossil fuels — and said he hoped to someday get the U.S. behind it.
“We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions. If fossil fuels emit too much, we must begin thinking about how to live without them,” Lula said in Portuguese from the halls of the two-week COP30 climate summit, which is due to end Friday.
His comments come as talks in this city on the edge of the Amazon speed toward a conclusion, with ministers working late into the night to agree on an outcome.
Lula has been backing a “road map” for phasing down oil, gas and coal that has earned the endorsement of dozens of countries, making it one of the more substantial and probably divisive issues of these negotiations. But the United States, the world’s largest oil and gas producer, is skipping the talks, and President Donald Trump has been pursuing deals to expand America’s fuel exports.
