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“How Can Brazil Lead on Climate While Expanding Oil?” | COP30 CEO Ana Toni Responds

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This week, as the UN’s key preparatory climate meeting for COP30 takes place in Bonn, Brazil is facing growing international criticism.

While the country prepares to host COP30 in Belém next year, it is facing sharp criticism over controversial ⚠️ plans to drill for oil in Block 59—near the ecologically sensitive Amazon Delta—and new legislation that would weaken environmental oversight for major projects.

https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/acdfc974-1745-4ff0-8464-9a44dd01788e


As part of our on-site coverage of the UN June Climate Meetings in Bonn, the We Don’t Have Time team sat down on Wednesday with Ana Toni, CEO of COP30 and Brazil’s National Secretary for Climate Change, for an exclusive interview. Hosted by Nick Nuttall, the conversation explored Brazil’s climate ambitions, its leadership on deforestation, and expectations for COP30.

But we also raised the question many are asking:
How can Brazil claim climate leadership while planning to expand oil extraction in the Amazon?

🎥 Watch Ana Toni’s response in this exclusive clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH4xZWCk0vg



📺 The full interview airs during Climate Week London
🗓️ June 25 at 13:00 BST / 8:00 EDT

https://www.wedonthavetime.org/events/londonclimateactionweek2025#20250625-interview-with-cop30-president-ana-toni



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