Joe Biden will make history as the first-ever sitting US president to step foot in Manaus - a big city deep in the Amazon rainforest (home to about 2-million people). His south-american journey happens between nov 14-19 which includes stops in Brazil and Peru
The trip focuses on climate action: Biden will meet with local tribes and leaders who work hard to save the rainforest. Scientists say the Amazon trees are super-important because they eat-up lots of carbon dioxide that makes Earth warmer. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wants to stop cutting down trees by 2030; Biden promised to ask for $500-million to help with this goal
The political weather is changing fast though. When Donald Trump comes back to power in jan‚ things will look different - hes not big on climate stuff and doesnt like the paris agreement. His ideas match better with ex-brazil leader Jair Bolsonaro (people call him the trump-of-the-tropics) who didnt care much about forest protection from 2019 to 2022
I reiterate my friendship and admiration for President Biden; our governments share close priorities on energy change
The amazon visit comes after french president macron checked out the rainforest in march. Brazil will host a big climate meeting called COP30 next year in the city of belem