Brazil Accused Of Climate Hypocrisy As Amazon Oil Blocks Auctioned Ahead Of COP30 – OpEd

By Rita Joshi

While Brazil positions itself as a global climate leader in the lead-up to COP30, its actions at home are drawing sharp criticism. On 17 June, as diplomats and civil society gathered in Bonn for pre-COP30 negotiations, Brazil’s National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) held its 5th Cycle of...